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July 1, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vega Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING OFF THE LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE THE JUMPED AWAY FROMTHE LOADER RATHER THAN FALL. HE DIDN'T FALL BUT HE HIT THE GROUND REALLY HARD BUT ON HIS FEET.

May 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vega Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

THE OPERATOR HA8 BEEN SERVICING THE LOADER WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING BACK ON THE MACHINE HE SLIPPED AND FEEL BACK ON THE TIRE AND HURT HIS BACK.

April 11, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Vega Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE CLIMBED UP B9LT TO MAKE REPAIR WITH ELECTRICITY NOT PROPERLY SHUT OFF.

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