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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 8, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
United States Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIED TO ASSIST M AN CUTTING TREE WITH CHAIN SAW IT JUMPED CUTTING EMP ON L HAND WHILE HE WAS HOLDING BRANCH

August 24, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
United States Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING A PISTON BACK INTO CYLINDER ON THE FLOOR WITH THE CYLINDER UPRIGHT AND PISTON HANGING FROM CRANE. INSERTING PISTON INTO CYLINDER. WORKING PACKING INTO CYLINDER AS CYLINDER WAS L ET DOWN. PUSHING PACKING IN SO PISTON WOULD GO INTO CYLINDER. CYLINDER HEAD CAME DOWN CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN HEAD AND CYLINDER.

November 3, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
United States Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OFF LADDER DRILLING FROM UNDER NEATH VALVE DIAPHAM USING A BLOCK OF WOOD AS A BACK STOP EMPLOYEE NOT RELIZING HE HAD DRILLED THRU THE WOOD BLOCK AND INTO HIS FINGER.

October 22, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
United States Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS BURNING A PIN ON PAN CONVEYOR WHEN A PIECE OF HOT METAL FELL INTO EAR.

September 29, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
United States Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSING AND TURNING CHUCK ON LATHE WHEN CHUCK WRENCH STRUCK EMPLOYEE FINGER FORCING IT BACKWARDS.

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