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Total incidents
273,193
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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May 21, 2018 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T F Luke & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using bar to pry rock out of field conveyor & hurt lower back.

June 20, 2011 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T F Luke & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Prying on crusher with bar - slipped off hit him in head knocked him out for a few minutes - needed 4 stitches.

July 16, 2007 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T F Luke & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using hammer knocking rocks loose and moving away from grizzly.

August 14, 2006 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T F Luke & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Working on machinery - swinging sledge hammer. Finger got between hammer handle & piece of iron & fractured finger.

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