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February 25, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Genstar Building Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS WALKING3AWAY FROM HIS TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE DR EXAM REVEALED CARTILAGE DAMAGE

May 23, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Genstar Building Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED PLACED RT HAND IN #1 MILL FEEDER HOPPER TO REMOVE ALLEGED LODGED MATL EQUIPMENT WAS STARTED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AS A RESULT INJUREDS HAND WAS DRAWN INTO THE EQUIPMENT COVER OVER FEEDER HAD BEEN REMOVED COMPLETELY WHICH ALLOWED EQUIPMENT TO BE OPERABLE IF COVER HAD BEEN SLID TO ONE SIDE IT WOULD HAVE ACTIVATED A SWITCH WHICH WOULD MAKE THE EQUIPMENT INOPERATIVE

March 16, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genstar Building Materials Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING #2 PAYLOADER LOADING BUCKET. WHEEL SPUN A ROCK OUT FROM UNDER CLAY ALLOWING LOADER TO SNAP OPERATOR SIDEWAYS.

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