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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 14, 1985 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
I C I Americas Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PLEDGE FIRST BE1AN HAVING SHOULDER PROBLEM IN JUNE 1985 AND UNTIL RECENTLY HE AND HIS DR FELT IT WAS AN ARTHRITIS LIKE CONDITION IN LATE JAN 1986 AFTER CONTINUEL PAIN TEST SHOWED A TORN ROTATO CUFF IN THE RI1HT SHOULDER ALTHROUGH NO ACTUAL ACCIDENT OCCURED IT WAS FELT THAT OPERATION OF BULLDOZER AND OTHER EUIPMENT FOR OVER 18 YEARS CONTRIBUTED TO OR CAUSED THE PROBLEM FROM CONTINUA

October 27, 1983 TX · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
I C I Americas Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

BROWNS ASPHALT PAVING WAS PREPARING TO SEAL COAL A ROAD. AN AC-5 ASPHALT ROAD OIL HAD BEEN PUMPED INTO THE ENTYRE ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR AT 360 DEGREES F. WHEN THE CIRCULATION PUMP WITHIN THE DI STRIBUTOR WAS STARTED BY HAMBLEN THE HOT OIL BUBBLED UP AND OUT OF THE TOP HATCH OF THE DISTRIBVUTOR COVERING HAMBLIN AND CAUSING 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS. PROBABLE CAUSE WAS MOSITURE FROM

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