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Total incidents
739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 4, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturm & Dillard Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING A BO5T ON DRAGLINE. LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER. CONTINED WORKING. DID NOT REPORT INJURY TILL 800 PM WAS AT HOME AND CALLED PRESIDENT I N AME AND SAID HE HAD HURT HIS FINGER AT WORK AND IT WAS URT3AND HE WAS TO EMERGENCY ROOM WHILE WORKING IN AFTERNOON HE GREASE IN FINGER LEFT WORK AT REGULAR QUITTING TIME 430

May 28, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturm & Dillard Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING LIFT EN1INE HEAD FROM LIMA DRAGLINE.PINCHED THUMB ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ENGINE HEAD AND ROOF OF CAB.SMASHED RIGHT THUMB.TAKEN TO EMERG.RM FOR X-RAY OF THUMB-NOT BROKEN-ONLY BRUISED.ADV ISED TO KEEP TH6MB ON ICE PACK FOR REST OF DAY.EMPL RETURNED TO HIS REGULAR JOB NEXT MORNING.

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