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273,193
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2000–2026
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February 2, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boyd Sand & Gravel Ltd · Struck by flying object

Employee was changing the top deck screen and the pin came out, hit on the shaker and bounced back and hit him in the head - The doctor glued the laceration.

July 15, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boyd Sand & Gravel Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The tire company was having trouble mounting the tire. EE went to see if he could help, the tire bar slipped and his right pointer finger was caught between the tire and the rim resulting in the loss of his finger tip.

April 3, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boyd Sand & Gravel Ltd · Struck by falling object

After helping clear an obstruction in the feeder hopper, employee was struck in the head to the rear of his hard hat by a rock that fell off the conveyor. Employee came to the office and asked for asprin and told what happened. He said he was o.k. and returned to work. One and one half hours later he asked to go to the doctor for x-rays, etc.

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