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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 18, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING CRUSHER BEARING COVER WHILE IT WAS BEING UNBOLTED AND IT SLIPPED BRUISING HIS ARM MUSCLE.

February 7, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING METAL BAR TO CLEAN MATERIAL OFF OF THE TAKE UP PULLEY. BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

May 28, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING SHAFT IN DRAGLINE WITH IMPACT WRENCH AND PIECE OF METAL GOT IN EYE.

November 13, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PULLING 5 BROKEN RIVET WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS. THE PLIERS SLIPPED & EES HAND STRUCK A METLA PIPE.

October 16, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRYING TO3FREE BOULDERS FROM CRUSHER SNAGGED ROD & PINNED HAND AGINST GUARD RAIL.

June 1, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE EE WAS ADJUSTING BELT AT TOLE PULLEY, TOLE PULLEY GUARD STARTED TO FALL. EE CAUGHT GUARD WITH RT AHND BEFORE IT FELL. WRENCH SLIPPED FROM ADJUSTING & HIT HIM ON RT TESTICLE.

April 11, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REPAIRING MORGENSEN SCREEN WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED,MASHING TIP OF LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

March 11, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TROUGH UNDER KILN. LIME GOT INTO BOOT AND BURNED RIGHT FOOT.

December 13, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING TAKE-UP PULLEYS & THE PULLEY JERKED HIS HAND UP BY THE SCRAPER.

September 22, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING A DUMP CABLE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE INTO THE SOCKET WHEN THE CABLE CAME OUT AND HIT HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE

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