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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 20, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Loring Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIPE USING A KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED THROUGH PIPE AND CUT INTO HIS THIGH.

December 17, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Loring Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL PRYING ON ROCK IN CRUSHER AND SPRAINED HIS SHOULDER.

October 22, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Loring Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A ROCK, WHILE JERKING ON PRY BAR HE PULLED MUSCLES IN LEFT SHOULDER.

May 9, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Loring Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING A ROCK WITH A CROW BAR. THE CROW BAR SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB.

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