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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 8, 1986 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
International Minerals & Chemical Corp · Fall onto or against objects

ON 10-8-86 AT 10:45AM I.NAME WASS WORKING ON T HE 25# LINE WITH I.NAME. THEY WERE TO FINISH A ROUND I.NAME HAD STARTED WALKING BACK AROUND THE TABLE & AS HE WAS REACHING FOR CARDBOARD TO PUT ON PALLET HE WA8 BUMPED BY THE L IFT TRUCK OP WHO WAS DOUBLE STACKING A PALLET OF PRODUCT. I.NAME STATED HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PALLET & TURN TABLE.

September 29, 1986 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
International Minerals & Chemical Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR FORGOT3TO FASTEN HIS SEAT BELT AT THE START OF THE SHIFT. ON HIS FIRST LOAD HE RAN OVER A DIP IN THE ROAD AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE CAB ROOF, CAUSINT A LACERATION ON HIS HEAD

July 8, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
International Minerals & Chemical Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON GRANNY FEEDER HAD HAND IN FEEDER DOING ADJUSTMENTS AND FEEDER ROTATED CATCHING THUMB EMPLOYEE KNEW THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT HAND IN FEEDER UNDER THESE CONDITIONS

September 13, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper POWERED HAULAGE

EMP WAS DRIVING A R 22 EUCLID AND COMING OFF A STEEP GRADE WHEN THE RETARDER WENT OUT AND EUCLIDS BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD AFTER THIS HAPPENED EMP JUMPED FROM THE EUCLIS

May 23, 1983 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
International Minerals & Chemical Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS SITTING ON TOP OF ROPS ON CAT FORKLIFT WHEN DECENDING EMP PLACED LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE GUIDE PIN AND CYLINDER CAP THE WORKERS FOOT HIT THE LIFT CONTROL THE MAST CAP MOVED UP AND MASHED HIS FINGERS

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