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April 26, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Basin Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

ON 4-26-89 ABOUT 5:15PM THE EMPL WAS CHECKING THE WATER IN THE RADIATOR OF THE LOADER THE CAP BLEW OFF AND THE BOILING WATER SCALDED HIS FACE AND CHEST HE CAME TO THE OFFICE WHERE THE WOUND WA S CLEANED AND AN OINTMENT WAS APPLIED TO THE FACE AND CHEST AREA IT STARTED TO BURN AND STING AND THE EMPL WENT TO THE DR ON 4-29-89 THE DR GAVE HIM CORTISONE CREAM TO USE ON HIS NOSE AND SAI

August 13, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Delaware Basin Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 LOADING PIT TRUCK WITH ADRAGLINE WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE STOMACH BY ASTRAY BULLET.SEVERAL TEENAGERS WERE TARGET SHOOTING ABOUT 200 YARDS AWAY FROM THE MACHINERY AND THE EMPLOYE E WAS HIT WHILE3STILL IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING.HE WAS TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE BULLET WAS REMOVED AND HE WAS SENT HOME.THE INJURY WAS VERY MINOR,A FLESH WOUND.

December 29, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Basin Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CLEANING OU7 THE BACK OF THE TRUCK HE LIFTED THE TAILGATE SO HE COULD SEE IF THE MATERIAL WAS WASHED OUT PROPERLY SO HE COULD LOAD THE TRUCK WHEN THE GATE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND HITTING THE FIRST FING9R OF THE LEFT HAND AT THE FIRST KNUCKLE THERE WAS A CUT DAMAGE TO THE NAIL CAUSING THE REMOVAL OF THE ENTIRE NAIL ALONG WITH 8 STITCHES

November 7, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Basin Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS CLEANING OU7 BACK OF TRUCK. HE LIFTED TAILGATE SO HE COULD SEE IF THE MATERIAL WAS WASHED OUT PROPERLY SO HE COULD LOAD THE TRUCK WHEN THE GATE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND HITTING THE LEFT MI MIDDLE FINGER A7 FIRST KNUCKLE. THERE WAS AN ABRASION TO LEFT MIDDLE KNUCKLE WITH FOREIGN MATER IN IT. DR REMOVED THE FOREIGN MATER AND STITCHED THE HAND

February 20, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Delaware Basin Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS USIN1 A GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF METASL FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE SAFETY GLASSES NOT WORN

February 18, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Delaware Basin Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS MAKI3G DOOR LATCH FOR TRUCK IN THE SHOP WHEN THROUGH LEFT HAND BETWEEN FIRST AND MIDDLE FINGER

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