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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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November 1, 2024 OR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Delta Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was cutting a bearing race off with a grinder. EE forgot EE's safety glasses and a piece of metal came back and hit EE in the eye.

November 19, 2021 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Delta Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was making a hydraulic hose, using a die. When employee went to set the die on the hose, it slipped, and the die smashed the middle finger on employee's left hand.

February 9, 2021 OR · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Delta Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

While wearing Bouton Optical Clear safety glasses, grinding 3/4" thick piece of steel, secured in a vise, on a workbench, with a 4 1/2 inch Makita corded grinder, a small piece of steel ricochet behind EE's safety glasses and went into EE's right eye.

November 4, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Delta Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was unloading two pieces of flat steel out of a pickup truck with an overhead crane. The chains slipped and moved to the center of the steel, causing it to slide and strike the employee's right wrist. Resulted in a contusion/sprain to wrist.

April 27, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Delta Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Was welding a trailer. A spark came off and melted through employee's shoe and burned in between employee's toes.

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