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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 30, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Syar Industries Inc · Struck by flying object

GRINDING RUST OFF AN EIGHT INCH WATER PIPE. IT WAS VERY WINDY AND PART OF THE RUST WAS BLOWN BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

September 6, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Syar Industries Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING AT BLUE ROCK CRUSHER USING LOADER.

September 4, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Syar Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A DIRTY BOX OF PARTS THRU THE WAREHOUSE. A GUST OF WIND BLEW SOME DEBRIS INTO HIS EYES. A PIECE OF METAL IMBEDDED IN HIS EYE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED AT THE HOSPITAL.

May 14, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman OTHER
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INSPECTING SAND SHUTTLE CONVEYOR BELT, A STRONG GUST OF WIND PICKED UP BELT SLAMMING IT AGAINST THE OPERATOR WHO WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE THROWING HIM AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL

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