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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 30, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS DRILLING AND DIRT BLEW OUT OF HOLE IN HIS EYE CAUSING INJURY

October 29, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS DRILLING IN PORTLOCK WITH AIR TRACK DRILL WHEN SOMETHING ENTERED HIS EYE CAUSING INJURY.

July 21, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS BACKING UP DRILL AND HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND HIMSELF AND SMASHED HIS LEG CAUSING INJURY

April 26, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS REPAIRING THE CHUTE ON THE FEED DISTRIBUTOR AT THE SAND PLANT, WHEN THE CHUTE WAS BEING HELD WITH A CRANE AND THE CHUTE MOVED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND H E JUMPED APPROX. 5\.

March 6, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HE WAS WLEDING A FLOOR DECKING AT THE CRUSHER & THOUGHT HE HAD FLASH BURNS UNTIL HE CAME TO FIRST AID & THEY DETECTED A FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE.

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