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Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.

Total incidents
739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
20
Scoped to Floyd Plautz
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August 4, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Plautz-Pekol Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNHOOK A CHAIN WHICH FASTENED A CONVEYOR TO THE BLADE OF A DOZER METHOD USED TO MOE THE CONVEYOR AROUND THE PIT WHILE UNHOOKING THE CHAIN THE BLADE OF THE DOZER FLOA TED DOWN AS THE DOZER IDLED & WAS CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN BLADE & CONVEYOR SMASHING EMPLOYEES FINGER RESULTED INSURGERY ON HAND & PINS WERE INSERTED IN FINGER

August 29, 1983 WI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Plautz-Pekol Inc · Struck by falling object

HOPPER WAS BEING HYDRAULICLY LOLOWERED TO TRAVEL POSITION AND WASNT MOVING AS FREELY AS IT SHOULD.EMPL STEPPED UP ON FRAME AND GAVE IT A TUG TO HELP MOVE IT ALONG.WHEN HE PULLED IT HE ALSO LEA NED FORWARD -HOPPER MOVED WITH SLIGHT JAR HITTING HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD AND ARM BREAKING ARM AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON AXLE AND UNDERCARRIAGE.

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