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October 8, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Breckenridge Ready-Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

BUSINESS CLOSED. 13 YEAR OLD MALE TRESPASSING AFTER HOURS WAS DIGGING TUNNELS IN SANDPILE. TUNNEL COLLAPSED WHILE DIGGING RESULTING IN DEATH AT 10 PM ON OCT 9TH, 2002.

April 27, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Breckenridge Ready-Mix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING SAND SCREEN AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS CHEST. EE WENT 4 MTHS WITHOUT REPORTING IT TO THE OWNER. ON 8-1-01 EE REPORTED HE FELT A KNOT ON HIS CHEST. HE WAS SENT TO THE DR. AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT EE PULLED A TENDON.

September 11, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Breckenridge Ready-Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS TAKING OFF DOOR TO CONVEYOR HIS HAND SLIPPED & MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN DOOR & CONCRETE WALL HAND SHOWED NO BROKEN BONES JUST BRUISED

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