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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 21, 1994 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT RUBBER BELTING WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S LEG.

March 13, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A CHAIN/HOOK (HOOK WAS AT END OF CHAIN) THE THEY HAD LIFTED THE CONVEYOR WITH. THE HOOK/CHAIN WAS CAUGHT ON THE CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEE HAMMERED HIS THUMB-NAIL INSTEAD OF THE HOOK/CHAIN.

September 21, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS DRIVING PIN INTO BUCKET TOOTH WHEN HE STRUCK PIN PIECE SPALEDED OFF & STRUCK HIM IN THIGH.

May 21, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK HUNG UP IN3FEEDER TRAP WAS CUT DOWN AND REMAINDER FED OUT ROCKS CAME OUT OF CONE AND FELL STRIKING LEG OF MAN REMOVING ROCK

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