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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 7, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phelps Dodge Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT OLD WORKING OF REMOVING DEBRIS & PIECE OF CONCRETE & LOADING THEM INTO A LOADER BUCKET WHEN HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF CONCRETE CUTTING & BREAKING RT INDEX FINGER

January 18, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SAND FROM AROUND THE FILTER PLANT. HE NOTICED A HALF-BURIED PIPE AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE IT BY HAND.

May 15, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING AN OPEN DOOR ON THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE HOUSING SHE CAUGHT HER LEFT HAND IN BETWEEN THE DOOR AND ITS FRAME.

March 24, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A ROD INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK BED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROD AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK

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