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273,193
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Years on record
2000–2026
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November 8, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING OFF ANGLE IRON WITH A CUT OFF SAW WHEN SPARKS BOUNCED OFF GUARD COMING UNDER SAFETY GLASSES HITTING RIGHT EYE.

October 15, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was doing plant maintenance when he discovered he had an acetylene leak on torch. He inhaled the acetylene.

November 14, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WALKED BEHIND ANOTHER EE WHO WAS GRINDING ON A METAL PIECE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM THE GRINDER AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.

January 15, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE SUSTAINED WELDING FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE DUTIES IN THE AREA THAT ARC WELDING WAS BEING CONDUCTED.

May 25, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS POWERWASHING MUD AND GREASE OFF OF THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE INSPECTION PLATE ON THE CATWALK OF LOADER. HIS FOOT WAS IN THE INSPECTION HOLE. THE WAND OF THE SPRAYER HUNG UP ON A HYDR AULIC HOSE. THE POWER WASHER WENT THROUGH HIS BOOT. THE HEATED WATER ENTERED HIS BOOT AND BURNED THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT GIVING HIM 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

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