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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 29, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Rhone-Poulenc Of Wyoming L P · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS AND WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO NURSES STATION.THE NURSE CALLED THE COMPANY DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE EMPLOYEE IN TO BE CHECKED.WHILE IN ROUTE TO THE DOCTOR,THE EMPLOYEE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE DOCTOR,THE AMBULANCE PROCEDDED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.

June 25, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Rhone-Poulenc Of Wyoming L P · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SQUATTED POSITION. STATES HE MERELY STOOD UP. IN THE PROCESS OF STANDING UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 29, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Rhone-Poulenc Of Wyoming L P · Struck by flying object

WHILE SHOVELING A SMALL GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE NURSE'S STATION WHERE THE EYE WAS FLUSHED. A SMALL SPECK COULD NOT BE REMOVED AND EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE COMPANY'S PHYSICIAN TO HAVE IT REMOVED. THE DOCTOR FOUND A SMALL SLIVER OF METAL AND REMOVED IT. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT BACK TO WORK AFTER IT WAS REMOVED.

June 21, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Rhone-Poulenc Of Wyoming L P · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT TO UBN BUTTS INSPECTED PROSPECTIVE INSTRUMENTATION SITE AND CAME OUT OF THE MINE, WHERE HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE COULD NOT REMEMBER ANY SPECIFIC ACT CAUS ING PAIN.

May 16, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss OTHER
Rhone-Poulenc Of Wyoming L P · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE BENT OVER CIRCUIT CENTER ON THE LOWER BED NORTH TO INSECT A CABLE NIP. WHEN HE STARTED TOKNEEL DOWN HIS LEFT KNEE LOCKED UP. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOPITAL DOCTOR ASSUM ED A LOOSE PIECE OF CARTILAGE HAD LODGED ITSELF IN THE KNEE JOINT.

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