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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 19, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sierra Piedra Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT W/KNIFE, WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING LEFT FOREARM.

July 22, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sierra Piedra Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING PLANT USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A BEARING ON A SHAFT.A CHIP OF STYEEL CAME OFF BEARING STTRIKING HIM IN UPPER RIGHT ARM,RESULTING IN MASSIVE BLEEDING AND A PARTIAL TEAR OF THE RI GHT BRACHIAL ARTERY.

March 24, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sierra Piedra Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT WITH WRENCH WRENCH SLIPPED TWISTING LEFT HAND THUMB AND WRIST.

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