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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 3, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Kohler Pit Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON WASHPLANT & SUFFERED FLASH BURNS TO EYE. DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL EVENING WAS TREATED NEXT DAY AT DOCTORS OFFICE & RETURNED TO WORK 2 LATER. SAFETY GLASSES WERE WORN. OFFICE WAS NOT NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY.

March 26, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kohler Pit Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING & PLACED THE PALM OF RT HAND ON HOT METAL & WAS BURNED

March 4, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kohler Pit Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WITH BODY BENT IN AN UNNATURAL POSITION CAUSING THE STRAIN TO BACK

November 20, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Kohler Pit Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING INJURED WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES GLOVES AND EAR PLUGS LOST HIS GRIP ON GRINDER HANFDLE AND UNIT JUMPED BACK UP INTO HIS FACE CAUSING A TOOTH AND PENETRATED HIS LOWER LIP NO STITCH ES.

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