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273,095
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Years on record
2000–2026
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February 25, 2004 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Onyx Construction Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING CHAIN TO A CONVEYOR WHILE ERECTING CRUSHER AND A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE CHAIN WHILE IT SLID A FRAGMENT OF THE CHAIN EMBEDDED.

September 14, 2003 ND · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Onyx Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A RUSTY IRON WIRE AND IT PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND. HE COULDN'T GET THE PUNCTURE WOUND THOROUGHLY CLEANED.

March 20, 2003 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Onyx Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE GOT HIS FINGER SLAMMED IN INSPECTION DOOR OF THE VSI.

March 17, 2003 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Onyx Construction Incorporated · Struck by falling object

EE WAS UNPLUGGING A JAW. A ROCK FELL AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT THIRD FINGER.

March 7, 2003 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Onyx Construction · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK OUT OF THE JAW AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS GROIN.

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