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September 3, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Struck by powered moving object

RELOCATING DRILL TRACK OF DRILL RAN OVER TOES ON L FOOT STEEL TOE WENT THROUGH DAMAGE TO L FOOT

October 10, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Fall from machine

GETTING OFF CONV STARTED LOSING BALANCE FELL AGAINST COVN HITTING ARM

December 8, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER A CONVEYOR SYSTEM.A ROCK FELL CONVEYOR AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.THE ROCK FELL FROM APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET,WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE O

August 10, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING AGAINST A CABLE ON CONVEYOR SYSTEM. THE CABLE CLAMP CAME LOOSE, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL APPROX. 2 1/2 FEET.

June 3, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM BUCKET OF FRONT END LOADER WHEN BUCKET TIPPED FORWARD EMPLOYEE FELL FROM BUCKET BUT BROKE HIS FALL BY GRABBING LADDER OF DRILL HE WAS WORKING ON BUCKET OF LOADER PINC HED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BUCKET AND DRILL

May 22, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Contact with electrical current

WAS PULLING ON WIRES AND TOUCHED BARE WIRE

May 19, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER TURNING OFF MACHINE AND BEFORE GEARS STOPPED INJURED CLIMBED ON MACHINE AND TRIED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT LEATHER BOOT CUAGHT IN GEARS HURTING 2 TOES.

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