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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 20, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R C Collet Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS CLEA3ING TOP PART OF JAW CRUSHER & ROCK CHIP GOT STUCK IN HIS LEFT EYE.

June 2, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R C Collet Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING SCREEN3AND FOREIGN BODY DAMAMGED EYE.

April 11, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R C Collet Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING SCREEN8 AND SMALL ROCK METAL DUST GOT I N EYE.

January 9, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R C Collet Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I.NAME USUALLY 8RIVES A SCRAPER BUT BECAUSE HIS SCRAPER WAS DOWN HE WAS ATTENDING THE JAW CRUSHER DISLODGING LARGE ROCKS WHILE DOING THIS JOB HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

January 15, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R C Collet Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING PRIMARY SCREEN SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN RT EYE

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