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273,193
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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May 17, 2002 VA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Virginia Solite Division · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO HIT ADJUSTING WEDGE: HE WAS CHOKING HAMMER CLOSE TO THE HEAD & HIS FINGER GOT BETWEEN WEDGE & HAMMER CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT & SMASHED.

May 30, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Virginia Solite Division · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING WATER LINE IN LEFT HAND. TRIED TO CUT LINE WITH KNIFE IN RIGHT HAND, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT FOREARM.

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