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Total incidents: 739,488
Of which fatal: 3,112
Years on record: 1983–2026
Classifications: 20

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September 27, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Columbia Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOING TO WELD 2 PIECES OF STEEL TOGETHER-TRYING TO PULL THE 2 PIECES TOGETHER TO REPAIR AND THE HOOK RELEASED-STEEL HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD. STEEL WAS FROM THE SHAKER DROP CHUTE-SCALP LACERAT ION-SUTURED LACERATIONS-STEEL WAS TRIGGED BY A CAME-A-LONG.

January 12, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Columbia Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE PUSHING A PRY BAR TO FIX HOPPER ON THE CRUSHER PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN PRY BAR AND HOPPER CRUSHING INJURIES TO FINGERS

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