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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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December 18, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation South · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was using a cheater pipe on a wrench to loosen a nut. When the bolt came loose the employee smashed hand between the pipe and excavator bucket. The employee received 2 stitches from the incident.

January 30, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation-South · Struck by flying object

Employee was removing a bearing race from screen housing with a hammer tapping the race causing a piece of the race to chip off striking employee in the left leg above knee. The foreign body embedded under the skin.

April 2, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation-South · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ( Plant Operator ) was using a razor knife to cut a piece of rubber belting when the knife came in contact with his left thigh.

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