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1983–2026
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May 29, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alto Bonito Gravel Plant · Struck by falling object

WHILE THEY WERE3WORKING ON THE JAW CRUSHER'S RETAINING WEDGE, PLLING IT OUT, THERE WAS TENSION ON A CHAIN TO HELP PULL IT OUT. I,NAME WAS HITTING WEDGE, WHEN IT CAME LOOSE, OUT OF IT'S PLACE, AND LANDED ON 2IGH RIGHT FOOT.

March 28, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Alto Bonito Gravel Plant · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ON THE ABOVE D5TE THE DECEASED IS PRESUMED TO HAVE INJURED HIMSELF FATALLY BY OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER WITHOUT PERMISSION OR ANY KNOWNLEDGE BY PLANT PERSONAL. THE DECEASED WAS FOUND LAYIN G ON THE GROUN8 NEAR THE LOADER & THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACTUAL ACCIDENT.

March 27, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alto Bonito Gravel Plant · Unclassified, insufficient data

ON THE ABOVE S7ATED DATE EMP WAS MAKING REPAIRS ON CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE INJURED HIS FINGER

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