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273,095
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Years on record
2000–2026
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April 30, 2026 - · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cantera Carmelo Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

While performing maintenance on the secondary mill the miner was using the hammer and during a swing felt a pinch and/or sting in EE's left bicep. The miner suffered a tear in EE's left bicep.

April 26, 2013 - · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cantera Carmelo Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trying to dislodge material accumulated between the belt of conveyor # 18 and the conveyor's structure with a metal bar. His right hand thumb finger was injured (contusion), when he missed the swing with the bar and struck the finger between the metal bar and on the plant's structural beam.

May 4, 2011 - · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cantera Carmelo Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was adjusting the shaft nut of the cone crusher, he missed a swing with the hammer and struck right boot at steel toe protection area, steel toe caused pressure in toes causing swelling.

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