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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 15, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Colton Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE CRUSHER WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOLT WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE EMPLOYEE EVIDENTLY WRENCHED HIS BACK

April 22, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Colton Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

REMOVING BEARING FROM CRUSHER SHAFT WITH A 4 LB HAMMER WHEN HAMMER BROKE ARM OVEREXTENDED CAUSING SORENESS IN THE ELBOW I NAME FELT THAT IT MIGHT GET BETTER SO HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTIO AT THE TIME. PAIN HAS CONTINUED HOWEVER AND INCREASED IN INTENSITY CAUSING HIM TO S EEK MEDICAL ATTENTION NOW.

August 14, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Plymouth Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TIGHTE3ING LARGE NUT W/A PIPE ON THE END OF A LARGE PIPE WRENCH THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED AND THE PIPE HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD

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