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273,193
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Years on record
2000–2026
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October 3, 2016 FL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
IHI Power Services Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee removed glasses to view settings on survey device. Afterwards, EE attempted to don safety glasses, misjudged the clearance and inadvertently inserted the end of the safety glasses into the corner of left eye. A witness informed the injured employee that blood was accumulated in the corner of left eye.

June 5, 2015 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
IHI Power Services Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Spreader bar was dropped in between tubes to be turned 90 degrees to open gap between tubes for cleaning. Spreader bar was caught between 1st tube in bundle and tube below. Employee tried to remove stuck spreader bar by using force with his arms agitating back and forth without success. Employee retrieved larger spreader bar and separated tube bundle to remove stuck spreader bar.

March 5, 2015 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
IHI Power Services Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker was moving a piece of steel rod and it cut his right forearm

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