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April 28, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SOMETIME MONDAY AFTERNOON HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYES. LATER THAT EVENING HIS LEFT EYE BEGAN TO HURT. AFTER RINSING HE NOTICEC AN OBJECT IMBEDDED IN HIS EYE.

April 17, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Delta Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON TH JAW CRUSHER. ANOTHER MAN WAS WORKING ABOVE HIM WITH A PRY BAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH. IT CRACKED ONE TOOTH AND BROKE ONE TOOTH.

January 23, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Materials Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS UPON3TOP OF A CAT ENDDUMP CHECKING IT OUT AS HE CLIMBED DOWN HE REALIZED PAIN & WHEN DOWN HE GRABBED HIS SIDE DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA REQUIRES SURGERY

January 18, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Materials Corp · Struck by flying object

I.NAME OPERATIN1 MOTORGRADER ON PIT ROAD.2 OTHER PIECES OF HEAVY EQUIP PASSED HIM HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYE.SMALL ROCK EMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE.

August 1, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Delta Materials Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

I.NAME DOING MA3NTENANCE USING SLEDGE HAMMER CLIMBING LIFTING AND TWISTING.SEEMED TIRED BUT OK AT END OF DAY BUT SAID SUNDAY HE WAS VERY SORE AND COULD BARELY GET UP AND WALK AROUND.

July 6, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Delta Materials Corp · Contact with heat

HE WAS OPERATIN1 A ROTARY DRILL AND STARTED FEELING SICK BY NOON. HE ATE LUNCH AND RETURNED TO WORK.

May 22, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Materials Corp · Fall from machine

I.NAME FELL FRO4 CATWALK OF ENDDUMP.THE SHIFT WAS JUST STARTING AND ALL HAUL UNITS WERE PARKED SIDE BY SIDE.REACHED FOR UNIT NEXT TO HIS AS HE FELL AND HIT HIS ARM.STARTED HAVING A LOT OF PAIN IN HIS WRIST S2 HE WENT IN IMMEDIATELY TO DR WHO SAID HIS RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN AND WOULD NEED SURGERY.

March 16, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

I.NAME INSPECTI3G UNDERSIDE OF MACHINE WHEN DIRT OR RUST FELL IN EYE.LEFT WORK AT 3PM TO SEE EYE DR.FOREIGN OBJECT IN EYE.

February 16, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

HE HAD STARTED 7HE EUCLID RUNNING. HE CAME BACK OUT AND DOWN TO RELEASE AIR TANKS ON BRAKES. HE LEANED OVER TO REACH THE TANKS. WHEN THE AIR WAS RELEASED, HE JUMPED UP AND BACK TO AVOID THE DU ST THAT OCCURRE8. HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF AND WHEN HE RAISED UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CORNER OF THE OPEN DOOR.

January 26, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIS EYES STARTE8 SWELLING SO HE WENT INTO TO SEE THE EYE DOCTOR. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED FOR HIS EYES TO SWELL. DUST HAD CAUSED HIS EYELIDS TO BECOME INFECTED.

January 9, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Delta Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS USING A 8LEDGE HAMMER TO FREE MATERIALS BLOCKING FINES FEEDER. HE HIT THE ANGLE IRON ON FEEDER BY ACCIDENT AND CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

December 4, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Delta Materials Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

I NAME STARTED 9XPERIENCING DISCOMFORT FROM HIS BACK ON 12/04/86.HE CAN NOT RELATE IT TO ANY ACTION OR ACTIVITY THAT DAY.ON 12/17/86. THE PAIN WAS TO BAD TO WORK.THE DOCTOR SAYS IT IS A DISC.P ROBLEM BUT HE I8 WAITING ON TEST RESULTS.

September 27, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Delta Materials Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

I,NAME WAS STEA4 CLEANING HIS LOWER. HE WAS UP ON THE LOADER AND JUMPED FROM ONE PART TO ANOTHER WITH THE NOZZLE IN HIS HAND AND STILL DISCHARGING STEAM. THE END OF THE NOZZLE STUCK IN HIS SHO E AND SPRAYED S7EAM ON HIS FOOT CAUSING 2 BURN.

September 27, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Materials Corp · Struck against a moving object

LOADER OPERATOR I.NAME WAS SPOTTING I.NAME TO DUMP ON TOP OF THE BASE STOCKPILE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BERM AT THE EDGE OF THE STOCKPILE. AS I.NAME WAS BACKING TOWARD THE IDGE OF THE STOCKPILE I.NAME TOLD I.NAME OVER HIS RADIO THAT HE WAS FAR ENOUGHT AT A POINT ABOUT TEN FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE STOCPILE. I.NAME KEPT BACKING UP AND I.NAME TOLD HIM AGAIN THAT HE WAS FOR ENOUGHT BA

September 14, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Delta Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS CUTTING METAL ON A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH A CUTTING TORCH. HE HAD GLASSES ON, BUT THEY FOGGED UP AND HE TOOK THEM OFF. HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF RUSTY METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.

June 9, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Materials Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WALKING IN PLANT & STEPPED ON UNEVEN SPOT. HIS FOOT TURNED & TORE THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT FOOT.

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