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273,095
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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October 8, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Williamsville Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

A miner was cutting a piece of metal with a torch. A piece of hot metal fell from the cut and on to the miner's jeans. The metal melted through the jeans and fell down in to the miner's slip-on boot and came to rest on the top and outside of the miner's left foot - burning their foot.

July 17, 2006 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Williamsville Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a cutting edge wear liner from loader bucket. Employee was loosening nut with air-powered tool when bolt began to spin, employee used hand to push bolt up into the wear liner's bolt socket. Weight of the tool pushed the bolt from the socket, thus allowing the bolt to spin freely. The employee's hand was cut when bolt head spun.

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