Mining Incidents

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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 27, 1991 MO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riedel Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING FIRST SHIFT WHEN HE WAS GETTING ON DOZER HE REACHED UP SO HE COULD PULL HIMSELF ON TO DOZER WHEN HE DID HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK

February 8, 1991 MO · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riedel Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS PUTTING BELT ON PULLY CAUGHT THE LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER IN BELT CAUSING FINGER TO BE CUT LEADING TO SIXTEEN STITCHES

August 29, 1989 MO · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riedel Energy Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I,NAME WAS CLEANING OFF BATTERY POST WITH ENCLOSED HAND, HELD WIRE TERMINAL CLEANER, PARTIAL OF DUST FROM TERMINAL ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.

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