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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 27, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Western Aggregates Llc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAD HIS HEAD INSIDE OF A PIECE OF PIPE WHEN A SCRAP OF STEEL FELL ON THE PIPE AND HURT HIS LEFT EAR.

February 18, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Western Aggregates Llc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE EE WAS PULLING THE BOAT. TO THE BOAT TO THE DECK OF THE DREDGE, THE ROPE BROKE. AND EMPLOYEE FELL DOWN ON IS LOWER BACK.

February 14, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Western Aggregates Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING A 55 GAL. DRUM BARREL AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

August 17, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Western Aggregates Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS, WAS SLIDING ACROSS THE SCREENS AND A STRAND OF METAL WAS STICKING UP IN THE AIR. EE COULD NOT SEE AS IT WAS A VERY CLOSED, CONFINED AREA. THE STRAND AND METAL PUNCTURE D LEFT BICEP. EE WAS TAKEN TO MEDICAL CLINIC ANDGIVEN A TETNUS SHOT.

April 4, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Western Aggregates Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE FORK WIDTH ON A FORKLIFT WHEN THE FORK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE FORK AND THE MAST CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRE D 8 STITCHES.

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