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August 31, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TURNING ON THE WATER AT THE CRUSHERS AND WHEN HE WAS CROSSING OVER THE CONVEYOR ON THE CROSSOVER STAIRS, HE SLIPPED ON A WET STEP AND FELL HITTING HIS BACK AND HEAD ON THE STEPS. ACUTE SPRAIN AND CONTUSION L-S BACK. CONTUSION HEAD.

December 7, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK WHEN LEFT FRONT STEERING BAL JOINT BROKE LOOSE, CAUSING STOPPING THE TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 13, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BINS FOR HOT MIX PLANT. HE WAS GRINDING A PLATE WITH AN AIR GRINDER WHEN IT SHATTERED AND HIT HIM.

September 1, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNBOLTING HEADS FROM ENGINE AND PULLING RACHET BY HAND, THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE. HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT HAND AND WRIST.

July 22, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE A BAR FROM A FRAME. AS THE LAST NUT WAS BEING REMOVED THE FRAME SLIPPED CAUSING THE BAR TO FALL. STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT HAND.

June 25, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A METAL BAR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 20, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING STARTER ON TRUCK WHILE PULLING OUT THE STARTER, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND'S AND LANDED HIS FOOT.

June 1, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING PIT TRUCK WHEN HE HIT EMBANKMENT CORRECTED THE STEERING & WENT OFF THE ROAD TO HIS RIGHT.

May 17, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CRUSHER THE BOLTS WERE LOOSENED AND THE DISK SLIPPED OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

May 9, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A MOTOR WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO PUT IT IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE LIFTED THE MOTOR.

May 6, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING TRUCK UP TO UNLOAD WHEN HE LOST THE AIR IN HIS TRUCK. WHEN THROWN, OPERATOR WAS THROWN AGAINST DOOR.

May 4, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN HOT SLIVER OF WELDING MATERIAL BURNED THROUGH HIS PANTS INTO HIS BOOT.

April 27, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING OVERHEAD WHILE LAYING ON FLOOR-NECESSARY TO COMPLETE PROJECT-A PARTICLE OF WELDING SLAG WENT INSIDE HIS RIGHT EAR.

April 8, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

PULLED A MUSCLE WHILE WORKING ON THE CRUSHER HE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRAINED HIS BACK

March 9, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by falling object

WIND WAS BLOWING HARD 3 TOOL BOX LID FELL ON HAND.

November 6, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

HE HAD TO ASSUM9 AN AWKWARD POSITION IN ORDER TO KNOCK THE PINS OUT OF A LOADER BUCKET. HE WAS HITTING THE PINS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND CLAIMS BACK STRAIN.

October 14, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WAS3USING THE GRINDING WHEEL WHEN SOMEONE CALLED HIS NAME AND HE TURNED TO RESPOND.HIS HAND SLIPPED ON THE SPINNING WHEEL.HE SUSTAINED AN ABRASION ON THE WEBBED PORTION BETWEEN HIS RIGHT INDEX AN8 MIDDLE FINGER. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY AND IT HAD BECOME INFECTED.

September 8, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDER WAS USIN1 A CARBON ARC WELDER TO REPAIR A BROKEN MOUNT ON THE LOADER BUCKET & I.NAME WAS USING THE CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE OLD TEETH WHEN APPARANTLY HE RECEIVED FLASH BURN IN BOTH EYE FROM THE ARC 3

August 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SAID HE 4AS USING THE PORTABLE GRINDER TO CLEAR OFF SOME BURRS FROM CRUSHER & WHEN HE PUT THE WHEEL TO THE CRUSHER IT KICKED BACK & STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING A LATERATION

August 20, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I,NAME SAID HE 4AS GOING TO PUT WATER INTO THE LOADER'S RADIATOR BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING HOT. WHEN HE REMOVED THE CAP, THE PRESSURE BLEW THE CAP OFF AND THE BURST OF STEAM BURNED HIM ON HIS LE FT UPPER CHEST 5ND ARM.

August 10, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I NAME WAS HOLD3NG FABRICATED DRUM SUPPORTS FOR THE WELDER. HE HAD DARK SAFETY GLASSES BUT APPARANTLY THERE WAS ENOUGH EXPOSURE TO REFLECTED WELDING ARC AND IT CAUSED A FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYE.

June 23, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE SAID HE LIFT9D A PIECE OF METAL WHICH WAS BLOCKING HIS PATHWAY ON THE ROASD COMING DOWN FROM THE DRILL HE HAD JUST CHECKED.

June 2, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OUR MECHANIC (N5ME) WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE CENTER BUSHING ON THE INJUREDS LOADER BUCKET AND HE WAS HITTING THE PIPE WHILE THE INJURED WAS HOLDING.THE HAMMER STRUCK THE BUSHING,IT CAME THROUG H AND THE LOADE9 ARM PINCHED THE INJUREDS FINGER BETWEEN THE LOADER AND THE PIPE HE WAS HOLDING.

June 1, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SAID HE 4AS INSTALLING A WATER PUMP BY WASTE POND WHEN PUMP SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS FINGER I.NAME HAD ANOTHER INJURY ON 031687 INVOLVING THIS SAME FINGER WHERE A PIECE OF METEAL SHEARED OFF A CHISEL & 3NBEDDED IN HIS FINGER THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE PAPERWORK & THE COMPANY THOUGHT IT WAS TREATMENT FOR THE SAME INJURY

April 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME STANDING3ON CATWALK ON 2ND LEVEL CLEANING ROCKS FORM CONVEYOR USING SHOVEL.USED BOTH ENDS OF SHOVEL TO LOOSEN ROCKS AND THOSE HE COULDNT GET OUT HE DECIDED TO BRUSH OUT WITH GLOVED HAND WHILE CONVEYOR3STILL RUNNING.GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN ONE OF THE ROLLERS AND PULLED HIM INTO CONVEYORS FEEDER TAIL PULLEY.

March 16, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS STRI5ING THE CHISEL WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE CHISEL SHEARED OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS HAND

February 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE TRIPPE8 WHILE WALKING AROUND DRILL. HE SAID AS HE FELL HIS KNEE STRUCK A SHARP ROCK CAUSING A CUT OF APPROX 2 1/2" ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. MISSED TIME 02/-02/17,BEGAN MISSING TIME AGAIN 03 /03 AND HAS NOT3RETURNED AS OF THIS REPORT DATE.

December 24, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME SAID HE 8LIPPED OFF THE TRACKS AS HE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM DOZER. HE SAID THE TRACKS WER CAKED WITH MUD. HE IS COMPLAINING OF BACK SPAIN.

September 9, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME SAID HE 4AS CLEANING UP PARTS WHEN HE LIFTED THE BLADE BRACE AND FELT PAIN.I NAME FAILED TO USE PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES AND FAILED TO SEEK ASSISTANCE.

July 23, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS TOLD3TO LOAD THE CONVEYOR STAND BY USING THE LOADER AND MOVE THE UNIT TO THE CONTROL HOUSE FOR SOME REASON INSTEAD OF USING THE LOADER HE TRIED TO PHYSICALLY MOVE THE METAL CHUTE 15 0 - 200 LBS 3

July 22, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CHAN1ING THE SCREENS AND USING A SCREW DRIVER TO PRY THE SCREEN BACK IN PLACE WHEN HE SAID THE SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM.

April 26, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS SCRE9NING SOME ROCK WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF

April 14, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS DRIV3NG 560 LOADER & THE BUCKET WAS REAL LOOSE CAUSING THE LOADER TO JERK

April 3, 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
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME HAD STEP1ED OFF THE TRUCK AND STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE THIS ANKLE WAS AN OLD INJURY

February 3, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I NAME SAID HE 8LIPPED ON THE WET DECK PLATES AND TRIPPED ON THE STEAM HOSE CAUSING THE STEAM TO GET INTO HIS LEFT FOOT.

December 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SAID HE 4AS TRYING TO OPEN A DOOR WHICH APPARANTLY HAD NOT BEEN OPENED FOR A LONG TIME & WHEN HE JERKED IT HE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK

August 8, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SAID HE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT TO THE LOADER WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT & RATCHGERATCHET HE SAID THE RATCHET HANDLE STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH

May 23, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME CHANGING PADS ON TANDUM ROLLER WHEN PAD SLIPPED CAUSING LITTLE (FINGER?) TO BE MASHED BETWEEN PAD AND ROLLER.

May 8, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME REPORTED FOR WORK AT THIS MINE TO WELD PATCH AN AREA ON THE SILO REQUIRING HIM TO BE INSIDE. THE TRAP DOOR WHEAT HE WAS STANDING ON ACCIDENTLY OPENED DUE TO SOME OTHER WORK BEING DONE B EING DONE BY WORKER UNAWARE OF HIS PRESENCE. THE WORKERS PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR BEFORE HE WAS IN SILO AND IT DID NOT OPERATE.

May 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE WALKING ON THE GROUND, EMPLOYEE GOT ASPHALT OIL ON HIS SHOES. WITHOUT WIPING IT OFF HE PROCEEDED TO CLIMB THE LADDER ON THE ELEVATOR TO THE HOTMIS SILO. HE WAS NO ABOUT THE SIXTH RUND WH EN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEFT KNEE TO HIT THE RUNG.

February 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I,NAME WAS LIFT3NG SOMETHING HEAVY WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING BURNING INHIS STOMACH, BUT HE DID NOT PAY ARNY ATTENTION TO IT, UNTIL 9-20-85 WHEN HIS UMBILICAL STARTED TO HURT & SWELL, BUT THE DR C OULD NOT OPERAT9 TILL 1-14-86.

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