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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 2, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WRENCHED BACK WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER CONVEYOR

April 3, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME STEEL BLOCKING WHEN IT TIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT. (STEEL TOE SHOES REDUCED EXTENT OF INJURY.)

March 14, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WORKING ON DOZER HE TURNED FROM HIS WORK AREA & NOT REALIZING HOW CLOSE HE WAS STANDING TO THE DOZER STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER

August 2, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE THREW A STONE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL INTO A HOPPER AND WRENCHED HIS BACK

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