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Of which fatal: 3,112
Years on record: 1983–2026
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July 21, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Bull Run Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK-PICKING ROCK OUT OF ROADWAY.

June 29, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Bull Run Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING STONE UNDER THE CRUSHER WHEN HE HEARD A SUDDEN NOISE HE HEARD THIS JUST AS HE HAD FILLED HIS SHOVEL WITH A LOAD OF STONE WHEN HE HEARD THE NOISE HE TWISTED HIS HEAD WITH THE FULL SHOVEL AND TWISTED HIS NECK MUSCLE HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A STEEL BEAM HE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT

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