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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 20, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I,NAME WAS PICKING UP A METAL BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

March 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING A WATER PUMP. OTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS SIDE OF THE PUMP, THUS THROWING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE PUMP ONTO I,NAME. THIS PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

March 13, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS LIFTING A BIG ROCK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS LOWER BACK

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