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February 8, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DIESEL FALLING ON THE EXHAUST AND THE FUMES COMING UP INTO THE CAB OF THE EUK

November 23, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HELPING TO LOOK FOR A AIR LEAK ON THE DRAGLINE & THE COVER FELL & HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.

October 4, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF LOADER AFTER STARTING IT UP, STEPS AND HAND RAIL WERE WET HE SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS UPPER BACK. HE WAS ASKED IF HE WANTED TO GO TO THE DR ON MON. AND TUES HE SAID O THAT HE WAS JUST A LITTLE SORE. WED HE ASKED USTO GET HIM A DR APPT WE COULD NOT GET HIM IN WED AND HE HAD PLAN TO TAKE TURHS OFF SO WE MADE THE APPT FOR FRID .

May 6, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HOLDING TAILGATE FOR DRIVER WHEN IT WAS CLOSED CAME DOWN ON LITTLE FINGER.

January 21, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING THE SPRING ON EUK BRAKES, SPRING LET GO AND HIT THE FINGERS.

December 1, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WORKING ON DRAGLINE WITH WRENCH PULLING ON WRENCH & STRAINED RT WRIST ON JAN 4 39 HE CALLED & TOLD US ABOUT WRIST WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR JAN 5 93 UNTIL THEN WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE ACCID ENT

July 27, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

39783ENING A NUT ON THE MOTOR GRADER WHEEL USING A CHISEL AND A HAMMER-HAMMER SLIPPED FROM CHISEL AND HITTING THE RIGHT FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.

July 24, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

41295G A TURN THE BUMPER ON THE EUK HIT THE DRGALINE.

May 22, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD OF THE 966 CAT LOADER. THE HOOD FELL AND HIT HIM IN HEAD.

August 3, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A PIECE OF PIPE BY HIMSELF.

August 1, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS BACKING UP THE LOADER AND HAD A COLLISION WITH THE EUK.

March 6, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE TEREX LOADER WAS DOWN AND HE HAD TO USE THE CAT LOADER UNTIL THE TEREX WAS FIXED. THE BOUNCING OF THE LOADER MUST HAVE CAUSED THE CATCH IN THE BACK. ON THRUSDAY 3-7 HE TOLD ME HE WAS SOR E AND TOOK A COUPLE OF ASPIRINS AND LEFT. IT WASN'T UNTIL MONDAY THAT WE WERE AWARE THAT HIS BACK WAS REALLY HURTING HIM.

February 15, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCKS OFF THE GRIZZLEY SO THE MATERIAL COULD GOT THROUGH.

September 6, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOISTING PIPE UP INTO POSITION,PIPE SWUNG FREE AND HIT LEFT KNEE.REPORTED 9-27 .AT THE TIME,THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING,NOW BEGINNING TO GIVE HIM TROUBLE.

July 20, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DOING DOING SOME WELDING ON THE PLANT PICK HIS HEAD UP TO CHECK AND FORGOT ABOUT THE METAL ABOVE HIS HEAD.

January 4, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON REPLACING THE CYLINDERS ON THE BACKHOE. STITCHES (6) IN HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER TENDER (RIGHT) NO FRACTURES.

September 25, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING CUTTING T2RCH TO TRIM METAL.

May 8, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING PIECES 2F METAL IN SHORT PIECES AND GOT PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYEBALL.

March 27, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVING DOWN IN7LINE AND HIT COUNTER WEIGHT ON DRAGLINE AFTER HITTING IT I.NAME JUMPED FROM EUK TO GROUND AND FELL DOWN.

March 26, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNOCKING OFF TH9 OLD TEETH ON THE BUCKET TO BE REPLACED WITH NEW ONES.

March 4, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FILLED OUT FOR 3NFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY (PER OUR INSURER) CAUSE OF DEATH NOT KNOWN FOR SURE AT THIS TIME

September 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall down stairs

CLIMBING STAIRS TO THE SHAKER ON PLANT 1 WITH SCREENS TO PUT IN THE SHAKER SLIPPED AND SCRAPPED HIS BACK ON THE STAIRS ALSO BRUISED HIS BACK

April 16, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING THE BRAKE ON THE DRAGLINE, WHICH KICKED BACK JAMMING HIS LOWER PARTR OF LEG INTO THE KNEE CAP.

September 7, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE GETTING INTO HIS PICKUP FELL ON PIECE OF IRON PIPE. HAD SMALL CUT ON RIGHT LEG, BELOW LEG

August 14, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

SERVICING THE CONVEYOR ON THE PLANT SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 7 TO 8 FEET ON TO THE SUPPORTING BEAMS LEFT SIDE OF BODY,MAINLEY THE HIP AREA, WHICH AS A VERY LARGE BRUISE AND IS SWOLLEN BADL EY.

October 4, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waco Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS PULLING ON THE TAIL PULLEY WHEN THE SOCKET CRACKED LOSING HIS BALANCE HE FLIPPED OVER BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER NECK AND THE HEAD

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