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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 13, 1991 ME · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Harold Mac Quinn Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELD IN CHAIN BROKE-EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY CHAIN ON LEFT FACIAL CHEEK.

May 2, 1990 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Harold Mac Quinn Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING HAND GRINDER,IT SLIPPED OUT OF HAND HITTING HIM ON LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE.

February 26, 1990 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Harold Mac Quinn Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING A JACK HAMMER ON THE GROUND UNDER THE CRUSHER IN HAMPDEN. UNHOOKED THE AIR HOSE FROM THE JACK HAMMER WITHOUT RELEASING THE AIR IN THE LINE OF THE HOSE. HOSE WENT HAYWIRE STRIKING UPP ER PART OF LEFT LEG. INJURING THIGH AND HIP.

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