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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 20, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oldcastle-Superlite · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IT HAD SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND R.R. CARS WOULD NOT MOVE SO EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CONTILIEVER BAR TO MOVE CARS WHEN THEY BEGAN TO ROLL THE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND BAR BREAKING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

January 11, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oldcastle-Superlite · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BREAK UP FROZEN MATERIAL IN HOPPER WHILE LAYING ON STOMACH USING 20 FT POLE WHEN HE HEARD FELT POP STRAINING RIB CARTILEDGE

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