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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 9, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ashton Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD A PREVIOUS INJURY WHERE HE HAD A PIN PUT IN HIS ELBOW AND WHILE HE WAS LIFTING HIMSELF OUT FROM UNDER NEATH A CONVEYOR BELT, HE HAD THAT PIN IN HIS ELBOW ( A CONDITION HE HAD BEFORE HE WORKED FOR OUR COMPANY) START TO PUSH THROUGH HIS SKIN. AFTER THIS DAY, EE WASN'T ABLE T4O BE REACHED AND WE THOUGHT HE HAD QUIT, RETURNED AFTER 6 DAYS.

August 11, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ashton Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NOT REALLY CERTAIN WHAT HAPPENED OR WHAT TIME APPROXIMATELY 1:00 PM IS WHEN IT WAS NOTICEABLE THAT HE HAD GOTTEN A SMALL OBJECT INTO HIS EYE.

September 25, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ashton Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL ALLEDGED THAT WHEN HE PICKED UP ROLL OF POWER CABLE HE NOTED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

September 26, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ashton Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE COMPALINED OF LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A PIECE OF TIMBER TO BE USED FOR CRIBBING.

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