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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 18, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING RAIL CONNECTIONS AND SWITCH BOLTS WITH A HAMMER AS HE WALKED LOCOMOTIVE BACK INTO PLANT AREA HE BENT OVER SWUNG THE HAMMER ONCE AND APPARENTLY SUFFERED SOME SORT OF SE IZURE HIS BODY STIFFEND AND SHOOK RAPIDLY I.NAME WAS NEARBY AND CALLED I.NAME LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR AND THEY WENT TO I.NAMES AID I.NAME SAID I.NAME APPARENTLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS HIS EYES ROLLED

September 1, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS DRIVING SCRAPER ON HAUL ROAD WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED BEE WHICH STUNG HIM.

May 14, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLETED 11 1/2 HR SHIFT ON SAT SAT EVENING HE NOTICED A SORENESS IN HIS RT ARM SORENESS DID NOT GO AWAY BY MONDAY AM WENT TO DR WHO SAID TENNIS ELBOW OR TENDENITIS NO ACCIDENT OCCUR ED DURING HIS SHIFT EMPLOYEE BEGAN VACATION ON 5-16-88

August 26, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator OTHER
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEES WERE 5TTEMPTING TO DISMANTLE BARREL THEY EXPOSED A BEES NEST I.NAME ATTEMPTED TO KILL THEM & WAS STUNG WHEN A BEE GOT IN CLOTHING

December 3, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS CLEANING ON THE PLANT HE WAS UPIN THE AREA WHERE THE HEAVY DUTY REPAIRMEN WERE WORKING THEY JUST LAYED DOWN TWO PIECES OF STEEL ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD WHEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAME AND BLEW A PIECE OF STEEL OFF STRIKING CORDOVA IN THE BACK OF HEAD AND SHOULDERS WE HAD HURRICANE WINDS THAT DAY HARD TO SAY THE SPEED AT WHICH THE STEEL FLEW THRU THE AIR

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