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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 26, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOCTOR STATED IMPROPER HEIGHT OF CHAIR AND WORK AREA HAS CAUSED A LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS.

September 21, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER FLAP WHICH HAD FIBER IN IT THAT CUAGHT ON BLADE PULLING HAND TOWARD THE BLADE RESULTIN GIN THE CUTTING OF HIS RIGHT HAND FINGE.R

August 16, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DR STATES DUE TO USE OF HANDS PERFORMING CLERICAL DUTIES REPETITIVELY. TENDONITIS HAS OCCURRED AS RESULT.

May 31, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS CUTTING GALVANITED STEEL W/TORCH-INHALED FUMES AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME ILL-THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS REFERRED TO A DOCTOR. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. P ERMISSION WAS GIVEN TO RETURN TO WORK ON JUNE 2,1989.

November 24, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING DOWN BIG FILTER SYSTEM WHEN A PIECE OF RUST SCALE BOUNCED BACK AND WENT INTO HIS EYE.

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