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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 30, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Frey Concrete Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

MINER WAS CUTTING METAL ON A SCREEN DECK. HOSE ON ACETYLINE LINE GOT CUT BY PIECE OF SHARP METLA, WORE THRU AND FLASHED ONTO MINER'S THUMB.

March 14, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Frey Concrete Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE STATES HE WAS CUTTING AN IRON PIPE WITH TORCH, HOT SLAG DRIPPED DOWN & INTO GLOVE BURNING HAND.

October 11, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Frey Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES THAT AN INJURY WAS SUSTAINED TO HIS L SHOULDER FROM THE REPEATED MOTOR OF TURNING THE MACHINE TO THE LEFT.

August 19, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Frey Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS AT A WORKBENCH GRINDING ON A 5 INCH PIECE OF STEEL PIPE WHEN THE GRINDER CAUGHT A PIECE OF THE PIPE AND PULLED IT THRU HIS FINGERS CAUSING INJURY.

April 22, 1992 NY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
Frey Concrete Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN AN OVERHEAD BOX, SOME RUST PARTICLE FELL DOWN AND GOT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO LEFT EYE.

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