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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 4, 1993 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Patterson Vermiculite Company · Flash burns (welding)

PULLING WELDING LEADS UP WITH ROD ATTACHED, ROD HIT PIECE OF METAL AND SPARKED, CAUSING A FLASH. FLASH BURN TO EYES.

March 22, 1991 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Patterson Vermiculite Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE CHECKING AIR SANDER, HAD SANDER RUNNING=SANDINC DISK BROKE. PIECE FEWL & HIT ON LEG REQUIRED STITCHES.

November 15, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Patterson Vermiculite Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING AIR HOSE, STEPPED OVER MOTOR WITHOUT TURNING IT OFF, PANTS LEG CAUGHT ON SHAFT AND PULLED HIS LEG BACK AND BRUISED IT.

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