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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 9, 2025 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Schmidt Aggregates · Struck by flying object

While lifting angle iron with a telehandler, a fork caught on a welded piece of metal on the side of the scale platform. When the weld broke, the fork sprang upward, jolting the angle iron upward, which struck the mechanic's jaw. First aid was applied, but on 5/21/25 EE reported ongoing pain. On 5/27/25, a CT scan revealed a closed fracture of the right maxilla.

March 1, 2024 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schmidt Aggregates · Struck by rolling or sliding object

An employee was assisting in loading a roll of a conveyor belt into the back of a service truck. The employee was standing in the back of the service truck. As the roll was coming off the forks of the telehandler, it gained more momentum than planned and the roll pushed the employee's lower legs against the air tank reservoir behind them.

June 20, 2012 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Schmidt Aggregates · Struck by falling object

A rock came off of a conveyor and hit employee on left arm. Arm was bruised.

August 7, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Schmidt Aggregates · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR WHEN HIS HANDS WERE CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR. BOTH HANDS WERE BRUISED AND SCRAPED.

April 10, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schmidt Aggregates · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING HOPPER WITH 980 LOADER WHEN PICKING EYE BROKE A PIECE AND HIT HIM IN THE JAW KNOCKING HIM DOWN. HE LANDED ON HIS SHOULDER ON THE GROUND.

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