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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 15, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
White Pigment Corp · Struck by flying object

WHILE PLACING B5GS ON AUTOMATIC FILLING SPOUT, BAG BLEW UP AND POWDER HIT OPERATOR IN FACE.

January 30, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
White Pigment Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE 3 NOTED HOT ODOR IN MILL AND BEGAN CHECKING BELTS AND BEARING HE TOUCHE A SUSPECT BEARING WHICH RESULTED IN BURNS TO FINGER TIPS AND WRIST. BURNS WERE BLISTER T2PE.

August 25, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
White Pigment Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACING STONE UNDER SHOVEL TRACK TO LINE PIN HOLE UP. SHOVEL MOVED GETTING THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACK & STONE.

May 10, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
White Pigment Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BAGGING MACHINE NOT TURNED OFF, TRYING TO CLEAR SLIDE WHILE MACHINE RUNNING RIGHT INDEX FRINGER CUT BY BAGGER IMPELLER.

July 1, 1983 VT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
White Pigment Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ANGLE IRON ON STATIONARY GRINDER. SAID HE WAS USING TOOL REST BUT GRINDER PULLED HIS HAND ONTO WHEEL. LOST LEFT HAND THUMB TO FIRST JOINT.

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