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July 28, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Centex Materials Inc · Fall from machine

MINER WAS WATERING LOAM PIT WITH WATER TRUCK DUMP ROPE BROKE WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON IT AND HE FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK CAB DOOR WAS OPEN

August 17, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Centex Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

THE INJURED GOT3FOREIGN OBJECTS (PROBABLY DUST) IN EYE WHILE OPERATING LOADER.

May 28, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Centex Materials Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE JAUMP9D OFF DRAGLINE TO GROUND APPROX SPRAINED BACK.

November 22, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Centex Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER WAS TURNI3G V-BELT DRIVE BY HAND, CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN V-BELT & PULLEY. LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB REQUIRING SUTURES.

May 1, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Centex Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER WAS REMOVING IDLER FROM CONVEYOR BELT AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND WRENCH.

February 26, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Centex Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING INSIDE CHUTE.IT WAS DARK INSIDE CHUTE AND REFLECTION OF ARC BURNED HIS EYES.HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WELDING THERE AND WAS WEARING WELDING MASK.

August 22, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Centex Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER LIFTING WIRE SCREEN UP SET OF STAIRS WITH HELP OF 2ND EMPL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.DIDNT BELIEVE HIS BACK WAS INJURED SO DINDNT REPORT ACCIDENT AT THE TIME.

October 22, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Centex Materials Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MINER WAS WORKING AROUND CONVEYOR WHEN A SPIDER OR SOME INSECT STUNG HIM. DID NOT TELL ANYONE UNTIL ANKLE STARTED SWELLING ONE WEEK LATER.

August 15, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal wireman, communications man POWERED HAULAGE
Centex Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object

MINER WAS RIDING ON FORK LIFT WITH OPERATOR. HE STEPPED OFF MACHINE WHILE IT WAS STILL IN MOTION. HE FELL & BACK WHEEL RAN OVER HIM.

February 23, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Centex Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER PICKED UP BUCKET OF BOLTS AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK

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