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Total incidents
739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 16, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS THE LOADER OPERATOR SAW THE FINISH MILL RECALIM HOPPER WAS STOPPED UP, SO HE CLIMBED UP AND REACHED INSIDE THE HOPPER WHILE THE BELT WAS STILL RUNNING THE TRY AND MOVE THE LARGE CHUNKS OF ROCK. THIS CAUSED THE CHUNKS TO BREAK QUICKLY CATCHING HIS HAND AND WRIST BEFORE HE COULD PULL THEM OUT, RESULTING IN A MAJOR LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND.

September 9, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND GYPSUM/CLINKERBELT AREA, HE GOT GYPSUM DUST PARTICLES IN HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, HARD HAT AND STEEL TOED BOOTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO OPTOMETRIST AND A PARTICLE WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE. PARTICLE WAS IMBEDDED.

March 6, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUMPED ON CEMENT TRUCK. CHUTE SWUNG AROUND AND SMACKED LEG.

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