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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 12, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Binger Quarry · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME REPLACED THE SEDIMENT BULB ON STARTING ENGINE OF SHOVEL. SHOVEL OPERATOR THOUGHT I.NAME WAS CLEAR, AND PUSHED STARTED BUTTON, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT ENGAGE. I.NAME HAD HIS HAND ON BELT, AND IT DRAWED HIS HAND INTO PULLEY. IT CUT HIS LEFT HAND AND LITTLE FINGER AT KNUCKLE, REQUIRING SOME SURGERY.

June 15, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Binger Quarry · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO ROCKS WERE WEDGED TOGETHER IN JAW IN SUCH A MANNER THAT OTHER ROCK WAS NOT FEEDING THRU PROPERLY OPERATOR WAS THROWING ANOTHER ROCK INTO JAW AND HELD ON TO ROCK TOO LONG CAUSING FINGERS TO BE MASHED BY JAW ONE FINGER TIP MASHED PRETTY BAD

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