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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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December 15, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pegasus Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INDIVIDUAL WAS 8RIVING STEEL FENCE POSTS IN THE GROUND UTILIZING A POST DRIVER.AS HE PULLED DOWN ON THE POST DRIVER,HIS SMALL FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE POST DRIVER AND T HE FENCE POST. 3

January 19, 1984 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Pegasus Gold Corp · Struck by flying object

ROBERT WAS GRINDING BRACES FOR THE SCREENS IN THE CLARIFYERS HIS GOGGLES FOGGED UP SO HE TOOK THEM OFF HE STILL HAD HIS GLASSES ON BUT A PIECE OF METAL FLEW PAST THESIDE OF HIS GLASSES AND GOT INTO HIS EYE

September 8, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Pegasus Gold Corp · Struck against a moving object

STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AGAINST THE DOZER HEATER WHEN HIS DOZER SLID OFF A ROCK WHILE TRAPPING TO THE LOADER IN THE PIT.

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