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Total incidents
739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
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August 27, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HOISTING
Suever Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING THE ELECTRIC HOIST ON THE JAW TRYING TO REMOVE A BIG ROCK THAT WAS HUNG UP.IU PUT HOOK UNDER ROCK AND STARTED PICKING UP THE ROCK WITH HOIST AND THE HOIST HUNG UP AND CHAIN BROKE SLAP ME IN THE FACE.

January 15, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HOISTING
Suever Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MILL MAN TOLD US TO CLEAN THE BOX OUT WHERE THE LITTLE ELEVATOR DUMPS INTO- IT WAS FROZEN STONE. WE WERE USING A POWER CHISEL TO CHISEL IT OUT. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ELEVATOR STARTED TO RUN AND IT CAUGHT MY STEEL TOE BOOT, CRUSHED AND TORE OFF THE STEEL TOE AND TORE MY TOES OFF. AFTER IT STOPPED I CRAWLED OUT AND I.NAME CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE. I SAW MY TOES AND GOT LIGHT HEADED

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