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273,193
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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January 11, 2021 CA · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deer Creek Rock Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee working on Hose Reel of Rock Drill. Prybar slipped causing employee to twist, fall to ground, and dislocate right knee

January 25, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Le Grand Asphalt · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO EMPLOYEES WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER. PRY BAR BEING USED TO HOLD UP ROLLER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FINGER SMASHED BETWEEN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR SIDE.

January 21, 2013 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deer Creek Rock Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PUNCH, THAT WAS BEING STRUCK BY A CO WORKER TRYING TO POUND OUT PIN IN TERMINATER. CO WORKER MISSED END OF PUNCH AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE LEFT THUMB FRACTURING IT.

May 22, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Le Grand Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BEARING IN EQUIPMENT, CO-WORKER ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIS MOUTH WITH A HAMMER ON THE BACKSWING.

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