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273,095
Of which fatal
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Years on record
2000–2026
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April 10, 2024 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals Portage Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Installing conveyor. Pinched right ring finger between conveyor and another metal piece. Laceration of tip of right ring finger.

December 8, 2016 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals Portage Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping remove ceiling tiles in bathroom. At break time, employee removed ppe and sweatshirt when something entered eye.

October 28, 2016 IN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals Portage Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured was rotating driven pulley by hand in order to distribute lubricant when EE's finger became pinched between the rpm sensor and the rpm pickup point.

November 13, 2012 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals Portage Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was installing sensor system in building. He was turning a conduit body onto the base of a red warning light and heard a pop in his right hand.

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