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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 5, 1995 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Grove Farm Rock Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING BATTERY BOX WHEN GENERATORWOULD NOT START AND INHALED FUMES.

September 22, 1987 HI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
James W Glover Ltd · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE OPERATING3THE D9 DOZER AND PUSHING RUBBISH ON TOP OF THE QUARRY FACE, HE NOTICED A WASP FLYING TOWARD HIM. HE DUCKED BUT IT LANDED ON HIS LEFT EAR. WHEN HE HIT IT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND IT FLEW AWAY BUT H5LF AN HOUR LATER, HE NOTICED THAT HIS RIGHT ELBOW WAS SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN.

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