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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 14, 1997 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Eagle Brick Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

APPROX 12" ROCK JAMMED CONVEYOR BELT. EE TRIED TO DISLODGE ROCK WITHOUT TURNING OFF CONVEYOR. WHEN OBSTRUCTION WAS CLEARED, CONVEYOR BELT STARTED MOVING AGAIN, ROCK TILTED BACK AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN CONVEYOR METAL GUARD AND ROCK, SMASHING TWO LITTLE FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.

March 28, 1995 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
American Eagle Brick Company · Struck against a moving object

AS EE DROVE THE WATER TRUCK DOWN A SHORT STEEP HILL, WITHOUT GETTING THE TRANSMISSION IN GEAR, THE BRAKES FAILED. IN ORDER TO STOP THE TRUCK HE RAN INTO THE TIRE OF THE LOADER. EE WAS FOUND IN THE FLOORBOARD OF THE PASSINGERS SIDE OF THE CAB. HE WAS HELPED OUT OF THE CAB AND SAT ON THE GROUND. PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE LACERATION OVER HIS RT EYE, TO STOP THE BLEEDING. EE WAS THEN

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