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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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February 11, 2026 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Area Aggregates LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was standing on a 8 inch channel and lost footing and reached up and grabbed what they thought was the structure but was the screen perch they were getting ready to weld and it fell and hit their leg and smashed it between the perch and a support beam.

August 31, 2017 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Area Aggregates LLC · Struck by falling object

Taking bolts out of a steel liner when liner came loose and struck left wrist. (surgery on 12/28/2017).

December 19, 2013 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Area Aggregates LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting into an excavator and turned the wrong way and felt sharp pain in middle of low back. Treating with chiropractor.

August 9, 2013 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Area Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had been grinding and welding and then wiped his face on shirt sleeve, after which he felt something in right eye. Treatment received where piece of steel was removed and two prescriptions given

June 25, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Area Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injury was sliding a 6 ft long rail into a chute when his hands slipped off the rail and his right ring finger was pinched between rail and chute. was wearing leather gloves.

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