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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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March 6, 2026 WY · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
WE Soda Alkali, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee had just scaled the top went to step forward to bar down another piece, and a small thin piece of trona fell striking and cutting their upper lip. Employee received 5 stitches.

August 30, 2020 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
WE Soda Alkali, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE was observing a roof bolter put in a bolt, when a piece of rock fell out of the roof cutting EE's arm requiring 16 stitches.

February 8, 2019 WY · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
WE Soda Alkali, LLC · Struck against stationary object

A roof bolter operator was beginning to center-bolt a freshly cut entry, the operator was struck on the hardhat by a loose rock. The rock pressed the operator's head into the levers on the bolter's hydraulic control bank.

April 9, 2018 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
WE Soda Alkali, LLC · Struck by falling object

A piece of trona broke loose on the interface of the rib and roof striking EE.

April 9, 2018 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
WE Soda Alkali, LLC · Struck by falling object

A piece of trona broke loose on the interface of the rib and roof striking EE.

March 6, 2018 WY · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
WE Soda Alkali, LLC · Struck by falling object

While roof bolting a rock fell and struck the hard hat of the EE, pushing hat onto EE's glasses, which caused glasses to lacerate EE's nose.

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