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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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December 10, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Utelite Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER & CONVEYOR BELT. BELT CAUGHT AHOLD OF BAR & THREW IT BACK TOWARDS EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND HIS HEAD HIT A LADDER. EMPLOYEE HAS A BRUSIED JAW & A LUMP ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD. TAKEN TO CLINIC WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED, HAD X-RAY OF JAW. NO BROKEN BONES. HE IS OFF WORK 12/11 DUE TO SHIFT CHANGE.

May 9, 1999 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Utelite Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CLEANING DRAG CHAIN IN HOPPER. THE MACHINE WAS NOT TURNED OFF. THE CHAIN CAUGHT EE'S GLOVE PULLING HIS HADN UNDER CHAIN.

May 4, 1999 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Utelite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING SKID STEER LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS BETWEENBUCKET AND LOADER FRAME. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO LOADER AND ACCIDENTLY MOVED LEVER CAUSING THE BUCKET TO PINCH EMPLOYEE'S LOWER LEG. X RAY TAKEN NEGATIVE FRACTURE. PRESCRIPTION GIVEN FOR PAIN. RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 3 DAYS.

February 9, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Utelite Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING CASE MINI-LOADER HIT BUMP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HEAD ON TOP OF PROTECTIVE CAGE.

October 14, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Utelite Corp · Struck against a moving object

2 MEN WERE LOADING A R/R CAR. THEY RELEASED THE BREAK & BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE CAR STOPPED IT RAN INTO ANOTHER CAR.

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