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273,193
Of which fatal
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2000–2026
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May 16, 2024 WI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
County Materials Corp · Struck by flying object

Employee stated that they were re-blocking a breaker while it was raining. The rain splashed debris into their left eye and as the day went on it became sore, swollen, and excreting discharge.

June 12, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
County Materials Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

Sore/swollen left middle finger.

July 7, 2017 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
County Materials Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STS in both ears

September 6, 2016 WI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
County Materials Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was in the excavator digging in the pit when the bucket struck a ground nest of bees and one flew up and stung employee in the face.

August 1, 2006 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
County Materials Corp · Struck by flying object

Walking out door, dust or shaving blew into left outside edge of eye. Employee was treated for a corneal abrasion from a foreign body under the eyelid.

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