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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
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July 8, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Butte Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TRUCK TIRE WHEN TIRE IRON HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF THE RIM AND PUNCTURED HIS INSIDE RIGHT THIGH.

May 28, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Butte Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS GREASING A BEARING ON A TRANSFER TRAILER THERE WAS A SPRING LOADED LATCH T HAT CAME OVER THE BEARING EE PRIED THE LATCH BACK WITH A CROWBAR & WAS RUBBING ROLLER BEARING WITH GREASE CROW BAR SLIPPED & THE LATCH SMASHED THE END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER OFF

January 8, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Butte Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO UNJAM TAILGATE LATCHES USING A 2 FT LONG PIPE. PIPE CAME BACK AND HIT EE ON CHIN.

January 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Butte Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON A RAISED PLATFORM TURNING A TROMBLE WITH A CABLE COME ALONG WHILE TURNING TROMBLE FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME OF TROMBLE AND PIECE OF IRON THAT WAS WELDED ONTO TROMBLE FRACUTED S MASHED AND CUT BIG TOE OF RT FOOT

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