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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 13, 1985 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Martin Marietta-Construction Aggregates Division · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING THE DOOR TO THE GENERATOR TRAILER THERE WAS A STRONG GUST OF WIND WHICH CAUGHT THE DOOR AND FORCED IT BACK INTO HIS FACE CAUSING CUTS ABOVE AND BELOW HIS LEFT EYE

February 1, 1983 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Martin Marietta-Construction Aggregates Division · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE LOADED ONE TRUCK AFTER STARTING SHIFT, WENT TO ST.LOUIS IN COMPANY CAR FOR PARTS. ARRIVED BACK AT PLANT APPROX 9:30 WENT TO LOADING AREA, DRANK A CUP OF COFFEE AND ATE A COUPLE OF DOU GHNUTS WITH MAINT.MAN THEY THEN WENT OUT ON TOP OF R.R. CAR TO CLOSE DOORS AND PUT ON SEALS. MAINT.MAN LEFT AND HE WENT DOWN ON TRACK TO SEAL LOWER HATCHES. CAME BACK TO OFFICE AND PASS OUT I

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