Employee was cutting an oil tube with a torch, when hot air pressure burned his face, left arm, and a little bit of the neck.
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June 12, 2008
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
SOUTH-TEX CONCRETE · Contact with hot objects or substances
SOUTH-TEX CONCRETE · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was drilling hole in pit with air track drill and reached down to turn drill bit to see if air was coming out. The bit caught his first, middle and ring fingers cutting and removing parts of each finger.
January 8, 2008
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SOUTH-TEX CONCRETE · Fall from machine
Employee was climbing on to the front end loader, slipped and twisted, causing a lumbar strain.
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