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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 23, 1984 VI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Alumina · Fall onto or against objects

CLENAING IN COAL CONVEYOR GALLERY POWER FAILURE OCCURRED AND THERE WAS NO LIGHT INSIDE THE GALLERY IN TRYING TO W ALK OUT HE SLIPPED AND HIT HES HEAD CAUSING A SCALP LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED TWO SUTURES

February 6, 1984 VI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Alumina · Struck against stationary object

HE CLIMBED ONTO THE SIDE OF A PUMP IN ORDER TO WELD A LEAK. HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE PUMP.

June 14, 1983 VI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Alumina · Struck against stationary object

,UUUSLIPPED ON GANGWAY WHEN WALKING UP IT ONTO THE SHIP.

May 11, 1983 VI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Alumina · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS SETTING/SQUATTING 4\X4\ STEEL FLOORPLATE ACROSS STEEL BEAMS THAT WERE APPROX 16\ IN THE AIR. WHILE SQUARING ONE PIECE OF FLOORPLATE, THE PIECE THAT EE WAS STANDING ON AS JARRED OFF THE BEAMS. THIS RESULTED IN A 13\ FALL TO ANOTHER STEEL PLATFORM SITUATED 3\ ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

February 4, 1983 VI · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Alumina · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower

THIS MAN AND ANOTHER HELPER WERE WASHING TOWER 3 THE MAN INJURED HAD FINISH WASHING HIS SIDE PAS THE EQUIPMENT ON TO THE OTHER MAN AND AS HE STARTED GOING DOWN TO THE FLOOR OF THE TOWER HE SLI P AND FELL THRU THE HOLE OF THE WEIGHT WHICH KEEPS THE CONVEYOR BELT TIGHT HITTING EVERYTHING ON HIS WAY DOWN

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