A DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE UNLOADING A TRAILER LOAD OF STEEL. THE LOAD SHIFTED AND HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING I-BEAM.
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- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 52 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 fatality · 104 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 93 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 fatality · 25 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 278 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 148 non-fatal
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5 recordedTHE OPERATOR WA8 THROW FROM THE MACHINE WHEN A DOZER ROLLED OFF THE ROAD.
EMP HAD RAISED THE RAIL APPROX 4 INCHES TO DO REPAIR WORK. AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETED HE LOWERED THE RAIL, THE RAIL CAME IN TONTACT WITH A RAIL SPIKE BAR. THE RAIL BAR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE I N THE R LOWER JAW
ENMPLOYEE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE IN T HE PROCESS OF PERFOEMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES THE HEART ATTACK WAS UNRELATED TO WORK PROCEDURES OR DAILY EVENTS RESULTED IN DEATH 15 JUNE 1985 AT 2 5
RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE ON GRADE, EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM MOVING LOCOMOTIVE.
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