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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 1, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE HELPIN GRAIL CREW PULL SPIKES AND PUT SPIKES IN WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ALL DAY. THAT EVENING WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS MUSCLES TIGHTENED IN HIS BACK.

February 21, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TOKNOCK A BOOM CYCLINER PIN OUT OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHILE USING THE SLEDGE HAMMER HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

August 6, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

55039GHTENING BOLT ON SCREEN AND THE BOLT BROKE AND SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN SCREEN.

February 4, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON JAW JOPPER AND RAISED HIS HOOD TO PLACE A ROD ON STINGER.A PERSON WELDING NEXT TO HIM WAS CHIPPING AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAG HIT RIGHT EYE.

August 28, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING UNDER TAIL PULLEY, TWISTED WHILE SHOVELING AND FELT SOMETHING POP. LEFT UPPER BACK STRAIN.

October 18, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DRIVING PIN IN WITH HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.

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