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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 9, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HOLDING TORCH WITH LEFT HAND, HOLDING PIECE OF STEEL WITH RIGHT HAND, THE STEEL BROKE AND HIS HAND WENT ACROSS THE FLAME OF THE TORCH.

March 31, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING HAND GRINDER WAS GR8INDING HEAD PIECE FOR SHAFT IT STARTED TO FALL & GRABBED HOLD OF SHAFT & CAUGHT THUMB ON GRINDER.

April 10, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING A PIECE OF STEEL THE STEEL STARTED TO FALL & THE PATIENT REACHED FOR THE STEEL BURNING HIS RIGHT HAND.

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