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273,193
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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September 26, 2002 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Kemp Stone Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

9-26-02 THURS AM, IN OFFICE AREA. THOUGHT HE HAD A STICKER OR SOMETHING IN HIS PANTS LEG AT KNEE. NOTHING SAID AT THE TIME, BUT KNEE HURT DURING THE DAY AND BY NEXT DAY WAS SWOLLEN AND RED. SO UGHT DR ATTENTION NEXT DR INFOR EE IT WAS PROBABLY A SPIDER BITE.

December 26, 2001 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Kemp Stone Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM HAD SPENT TWO MINUTES FREEING A PARTIAL JAM W AN IMPACT CRUSHER WITH A BAR AND FEW MINUTES LATER WHILE STILL ON THE CRUSHER WORK PLATFORM PREPARING TO GO DOWN THE STEPS AND BACK TO HIS LOADER, HE SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND WAS PROUNCED DECEASED AT THE HOSPTIAL.

January 25, 2000 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Kemp Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHECKING OIL. WIND CAUGHT LID KNOCKING HER HAND INTO FAN BLADE.

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