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Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 9, 1992 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Horizon Potash Recvrship/Burton Electric & Const · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNFOLDING BELT ON PORTABLE, WHEN BELT UNFOLDED IT ROLLED AND PULLED EMPLOYEES FINGER IN BETWEEN BELT AND CHUTE.

October 9, 1992 NM · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Horizon Potash Recvrship/Burton Electric & Const · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ATTACHING TURN BUCKLE HOOK TO THE PORTABLE ANOTHER EE STATED TO MOVE THE PORTABLE AND PINCHED EE THUMB BETWEEN THE HOOK AND PORTABLE.

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