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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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March 26, 2025 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
York Building Products Co Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was tightening a bolt on a tail pulley and once EE was done, EE noticed mild pain in right shoulder. Incident was not reported to EE's supervisor until the following week. Diagnosed with right shoulder strain and given restrictions.

March 19, 2024 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
York Building Products Co Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was was working on a final drive (mobile equipment). Employee struck the housing to loosen it. A shard of metal broke off striking employee's right shin.

March 13, 2024 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
York Building Products Co Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was tightening a bolt on Crusher 2 (CR2) with a torque wrench and torque multiplier. After tightening bolt, the torque multiplier came loose and dropped. Employee reacted by attempting to catch the multiplier. The multiplier jammed employee's left hand.

March 20, 2023 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
York Building Products Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee (mechanic) was changing cutting edge on 982M loader. Edge was on the forks of telehandler and employee was prying up edge with a bar to get the right side up. When the edge started to go over employee reached out to grab the edge to keep it from falling and felt a pull in EE's back. Reported immediately, but did not seek treatment until next day 3/21/23.

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