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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 4, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mobil Mining & Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WORKING ON RETIMING CHAINON 633 SCRAPER WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE PIN IN CHAIN WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE LET BAR DOWN & IT CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FIN GER AS HE WAS SETTING THE PIN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS BRUISED & CUT & A FX OF THE DISTAL TUFT

April 12, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amax Chemical Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING PIPE ON ROUGHER TAIL PUMP DISCHARGE EMPLOYEE TOLD BY I.NAME TO TOSS MECHANIC BAR TO HIM WHILE HE WAS ABOUT 20FT IN FULTON AERIOA PLATFORM BAR HIT A WATER PIPELINE & STRUCK I.NAME IN RIGHT HAND

March 29, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amax Chemical Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED APPARENTLY USED A MUSHROMMED CHISEL WITH A HAMMER TO LOOSEN A SOLIDIFIED CHUNK OF PULVERIZED CHEMICAL FROM INSIDE WALL OF THE DRYER-AND A PIECE OF THE CHISEL HEAD SPALLED-OFF AND ENTER ED HIS INDIDE OF LEFT THIGH.

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