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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 9, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Uni Minerals Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL WORKING OUTSIDE OF TRUCK LOADING CONTROL ROOM WHEN SOMETHING BLEW INTO EYE.

April 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Uni Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ON 4-19-85 WE RAN OUR BAGGING CREW WITH I.NAME ACTING AS A STACKER, WHICH INVOLVES TAKING 50LB BAGS OFF A CONVEYOR AND PLACING THEM ON A PALLET. SINCE THIS WAS NOT HIS REGULAR JOB WE\RE ASSUMI NG HIS INJURY OCCURED AT THIS TIME, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO "ACCIDENT" PER SAY WHILE HE WAS WORKING.

January 25, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Uni Minerals Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP DROPPED AIR FILTER APPROX 1 FOOT AND IT STRUCK ANOTHER EMP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HEAD

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