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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 15, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hugo Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING THE PLANT. OPERATOR BIX A HOLE IN A 6 INCH PIPE. HE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A RUBBER SLEEVE IN HALF, THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. THE CUT HIT THE K NEE CAP. IT TOOK TWO STTICHES.

September 23, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hugo Sand Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE DRAG CHAIN ON 4500 MANITOWAC WAS TANLED ON THE FRONT OF THE BUCET RIGHT SIDE EE THEN TOOK A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK IT OFF WHEN A PIECE OF THE HAMMER FLEW OF AND WEDGE IN HIS LEFT LEG AROUN D THE KNEE.

October 14, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hugo Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON HOPPER POKING MATERIAL DOWN AND WHEN HE STOOD UP, HIS BACK POPPED. HE THEN FELL TO HIS KNEES AND THEN HE COULD NOT STAND STRAIGHT.

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