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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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March 16, 2008 UT · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Was pulling a pump out of the mud, and hurt his shoulder, (He did not report to his foreman, or have any witnesses) May not have been hurt. He was given light duty at doctors office, and did not come to work.

June 12, 2006 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting cable and hurt his shoulder muscle.

March 27, 2006 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING A BREAKER BOX INTO PLACE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS THUMB LENGTHWISE.

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