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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 21, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Calco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING ON AND AROUND BIN CONE WITH AHMMER TO DISLODGE MATERIAL WHILE LOADING BULK QUICKLIME INTO PNEUMATIC TRAILER.HIS SHOULDER HIT HE AIR LEVER CAUSING THE JAW TO CLOSE PREMATUR ELY.JAW CLOSED ON FINGERS.RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS CRUSHED AND MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED.

July 9, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
C F & I Steel Corp · Struck against a moving object

ON 7-9-85 EMP R9PORTED FOR WORK AT 7:00 AM ON HIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHIFT. HIS DUTIES WERE TO FEED THE PLANT AND BUILD BERMS. AT APPROX 10:00 AM WHILE DUMPING DIRT TO BUILD BERMS AROUND THE HOLE THAT WAS M5DE FROM EXTRACTING MATERIAL, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE LOADER AND CONSQUENTLY WENT OVER A 20-FOOT EMBANKMENT. HE TRIED TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN REV ERSE BUT WAS UNABLE TO.

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