Mining Incidents

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Total incidents
273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
Classifications
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February 22, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amerikohl Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

Bent down to retrieve a piece of angle iron and hit right side of face on protruding piece of steel

January 13, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amerikohl Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cut to Left Hand due to piece of metal cutting hand. Required stitches to cut

April 30, 2012 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amerikohl Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The miner placed his right thumb in a pinch point between the tilt cylinder and idler on a CAT front end loader.

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