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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 2, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Basins Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME QUARRY F2REMAN WAS CLEANING ROLLERS ON CONVEYORS HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT ARM CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND TREATED HE SUFFERED A LACERATION ON THE LEFT ARM FT ARM. THERE W5S NO NERVE DAMAGE AND NO BONES BROKEN, HOWEVER HE WILL MISS SOME WORK. LOSS OF TIME-NOT DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.

May 1, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Basins Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM CONVEYOPR THAT IS LOACATED OUTSIDE WHEN THE BELT STARTED TO MOVE RESULTING IN PULLING RT ARM INTO PULLEY BEFORE HE COULD REACT THE PULLEY HAD PULLED HIS ARM IN UP TO HIS SHOULDER RESULTING IN RT ARM BEING BROKE IN TWO PLACES ONE BREAK JUST ABOVE HIS RT WRIST AND THE SECOND BREAK JUST BELOW SHOULDER ON RT ARM SURGERY WAS REQUIRED TO SET THE BREAKS

October 31, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basins Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJUREDS RT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & HEAD PULLEY WHILE APPLYING BELT DRESSING BY REACHING IN BACK OF GUARD WITH STICK DAMAGE SUSTGAINED SEVERLY COMPLEX DEEP LACERATION ON RT ARM

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