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January 22, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PULLED BACK MUSCLE WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE FILTER FROM LOADER. FILTER WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT TURN. EE STRAINED PULLED MUSCLE TRYING TO UNLOOSEN THE FILTER.

January 21, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER, HAD A JUG OF WATER SITTING ON TOP OF FUEL TANK. HE WAS STANDING ON BOTOM STEP HOLDING TOP STEP WITH RIGHT HAND. GRABBED WATER JUG IN LEFT HAND AND LOST BALANCE , FALLING AROUND TO THE RIGHT. HIS WEIGHT PULLEDHAND AGAINST RAIL AND INJURED HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS TOO SHORT TO REACH JUG FROM GROUND SO HE CLIMBED LOADER STEPS. HE FRACTURED ULNA/USING SPLINT.

February 6, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS REPLACING FAN BELTS ON A HAUL TRUCK. HE APPARENTLY WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO GET THE BELTS OVER THE PULLEY AND BUMPED THE STARTER TO ROLL THE BELT ON. HOWEVER, THE MOTOR STARTED. T HE LEFT THUMB WAS SEVERED JUST PAST THE NAIL AND APPROX. ONE HALF OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS SEVERED.

September 14, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HAMMERING WEDGES ON CONE CRUSHER, MISSED WITH HAMMER AND STRUCK HAND ON BRACE SUPPORTING PART OF THE EQUIPMENT.

September 8, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A WAQTER HOWSE & LOST HIS FOOTING IN WET SOIL WHILE FALLING HE TRIED TO BREAK THE FALL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND & CUT IT ON A PIECE OF METAL LYING ON THE GROUND COVERED WITH MUD

July 25, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE LOST FOOTING AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN CONE CRUSHER AND CAT WALK INJURING LEFT SHIN.

June 20, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS REMOVING RADIATOR CAP FROM RADIATOR & HE FELT PAIN IN RT HAND EMPLOYEE CLAIMED THAT HIS HAND CRAMPED & COULDNT STRAIGHTEN FINGERS

June 17, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

ON 06-21-95 EMPLOYEE QUIT-06-22-95 EMPLOYEE CALLED AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD HURT HIS SHOULDER ON 06-17-95 WHILE WORKING ON CONE CRUSHER ON SATURDAY 06-17-95.EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE HAD HURT HIS SHOULDER WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER.

May 31, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PLANT EMPLOYEES WERE DISMANTLING A 6IN WATER PUMP EE WAS WATDCHING EMPLOYEES DISMANTLE THE WATER PUMP HE WAS CAUTIONED BY TWO EMPLOYEES TO STAY CLEAR OF FRONT PLATE EE BRUSHED UP AGAINST PLATE & IT FELL ON HIS FOOT

February 21, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING BY AUTOMATIC WELDER, BUILDING UP ROLL CRUSHER. HE WAS WEARING WELDING HELMET AT THE TIME BUT WAS NOT WEARING GLASSES UNDER THE HELMET HOOD TO PROTECT HIS EYES FROM THE BRIGHT FLASH OF NIGHT.

December 5, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKED D-8 DOZER OFF EDGE OF BANK.

November 2, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A EUCLID TRUCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING & HIT LEFT KNEE ON VEHICLE.

June 6, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A 1/4" X 24" X 36" STEEL PLATE IN PLACE ON TOP DECK AT 6" X 16' HEWITT-ROBBINS SCREEN. STEEL PLATE'S PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT TOP DECK FROM AGGREATE FLOWING ON IT FROM CONVEY OR BELT.

May 20, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A SHOUT THAT EMPTYS ON CONVEYOR BELT & STEPPED DOWN TO GROUND & TURNED HIS RT ANKLE

December 10, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FEEDER STOPPED UP A WITH A CLOD OF AGGREGATE EE PICKED UP AN ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO KNOCK OUT THE CLOD. BELT CAUGHT WRENCH AND MASHED EE S THUMB AGAINST FEEDER OPENING.

November 15, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TEETH ON L-320 LOADER BUCKET BY USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND PIECE OF METAL FROM ONE OF THE TEETH HIT EMPLOYEE IN NECK.

March 16, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEPS OF TRUCK & HE INJURED LEFT KNEE

January 18, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING SCREENCLAMP BAR IN PLACE AND HUNG RIGHT HAND THUMB NAIL ON ANGLE IRON.

September 8, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING IMPELLER OF PUMP HIS WRENCH SLIPPED EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND HE HIT HIS HEAD ON MOTOR OF PUMP.

August 11, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

55061S ASSISTING PLANT OPERATOR REPAIR A CONVEYOR BELT. EE SPRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE P ICKED UP A PIECE OF STEEL.,

February 27, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON 5 X 16 EL-JAY SCREEN AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING. WHEN EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE ALL OF HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT HAND.

January 3, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER & NECK AREA. EMPL HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY IN 4UNE, 1988. EMPL WAS CONCERNED SO HE WENT TO SEE DOCTOR. DR STATED THAT COULD BE CA USED BY BLEEDING OR MUSCLE PUYLL. EMPL STATED HIS DR STATED THAT DISCOMFORT WAS NOT JOB RELATED.

June 22, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WASON TOP OF SCREEN TO REMOVE A ROCK, HE TRIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN BRACE OF MOTOR AND BELT GUARD WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT LANDING ON RIGHT ELBOW (EQUIPMENT WASNOT IN OPERATION).

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