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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 7, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Roehl Granite Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROCK WAS STUCK IN THE CRUSHER/USING THE LOADERWITH CHAIN ON TOOTH TO PULL IT OUT. THE CHAIN CAME OFF. HE MOTIONED THE IDLE OP TO LOWER THE BUCKET SO HE COULD REHOOK THE CHAIN-HIS HAND WAS ON TOP OF THE FRAME OF HOPPER. HE DID N'T THINK TO WATCH WHERE HIS HAND WAS AS HE MOTIONED TO LOWER BUCKET RESULTING IN 3 BROKEN BONES TIP TO 1ST JOINT OF MIDDLE FINGER

July 15, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Roehl Granite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CROUCHED DOWN TO SEE INTO HOPPER JAWS (WATCHING FOR JAM UP). THE END LAODER DUMPED A BUCKET OF MATERIAL INTO HOPPER AND ONE LARGE ROCK BOUNCED OF EDGE AND HIT RIGHT SHOUDLER AND BACK.

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