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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 4, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO LOAD A FULL 55 GAL. DRUM INTO A LOADER BUCKET TO BE MOVED ACROSS PIT WHEN THE DRUM SHIFTED & SMASHED THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE RIGHT HAND FINGER AGAINST LOADER BUCKET.

June 20, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ON 6-20-95 EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVED BY FORMAN WALKING GINGERLY LIKE HIS BACK WAS SORE. FOREMAN ASKED EE WHAT WAS WRONG, EMPLOYEE SAID HIS BACK WAS SORE FROM SLEEPING ON A COUCH. FOREMAN TOLD EE N OT TO DO ANYTHING TO AGGRAVATE HIS CONDITION ANDNOT TO COME IN NEXT DAY IF IT WAS NOT BETTER. EMPLOYEE STAYED HOME 6-21-95. 6-22-95 EMPLOYEE CONTACTED ME AND STATED HE HURT HIS BACK SHOVELING

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