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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 15, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Austinville Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOREMAN WAS TIGHTENING CHAIN HOIST AND IT SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE OVER RIGHT EYE.

February 28, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Austinville Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUL,LING ON A LAR GE WRENCH & IT SLPPED & HIT LEFT RIB

September 22, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Austinville Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING MOUNTING3BELT OUT FROM MOTOR SUPPORT ON D-6 DOZER SOCKET OR BOLT CAME LOOSE SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN PULL HANDLE & CLOAT ON TRACK.

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