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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 10, 1987 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Greens Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE BENT OVER TO MOVE A BARREL AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.

May 18, 1987 AK · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Greens Creek Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WAS SUPERVI8ING A DRILL CREW - HE GOT SOME DRILL SOAP ON HIS SKIN AND HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION CAUSING HIM TO BREAK OUT WITH THE HIVES

May 12, 1987 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Greens Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

OPERATOR RUNNIN1 PUSHCAT IN PIT-SAW SOME LEAD WIRES WHICH HE GOT OFF TO CHECK TO SEE IF THEY WERE LIVE WHILE CHECKING WITH GALVONOMETER A ROCK FELL H ITTING HIM ON RT FINGERS

May 5, 1987 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Greens Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING DRIV9 LINE IN FORD PICKUP WHILE UNDERNEATH TWISTED WRONG WAY & FELT BACK POP

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