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273,193
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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November 11, 2025 HI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kauai Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was helping a mechanic repair a piece of equipment. While holding the nut on one side of a bolt, the mechanic tightened the bolt from the opposite end. The employee did not maintain a secure grip on the bolt, resulting in the bolt slicing the side of their right middle finger.

August 28, 2013 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kauai Aggregates · Fall from machine

A conveyor belt had been set on the ground by lifting equipment, the employee went onto the belt of the conveyor to unhook the lifting chains, the lifting equipment subsequently bumped the conveyor while the employee was till on the conveyor belt, and the employee fell onto the ground.

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