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Total incidents
273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
Classifications
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May 1, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Hanson Permanente Cement Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

While employee was cleaning up in the finish mill area, cement dust blew around his safety glasses and into his eye. Employee was given prescription eye drops.

March 14, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator OTHER
Hanson Permanente Cement Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee experienced a non-work related, report immediately, heart attack.

December 24, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
Hanson Permanente Cement Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was checking the triple gates on the coal mill. He climbed up a ladder, leaned over to look in to the mill then felt a sharp pain to his low back.

August 7, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Hanson Permanente Cement Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking from the bathroom to the lunchroom when he dropped a battery. As he went to retrieve the battery, which had rolled under a bin, a raccoon reached out and bit the employee.

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