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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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April 24, 2014 ID · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
H-K Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was reaching in the back of the semi-trailer, the wind was blowing and the door blew shut on employee squishing him between the trailer frame and door. He complained of upper left chest pains.

November 6, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator OTHER
H-K Contractors Inc · Struck by flying object

UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE SAID WIND WAS BLOWING HARD THAT DAY AND SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE THOUGHTIT WOULD COME OUT. A FEW DAYS LATER HE WENT TO DOCTOR AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED.

January 28, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
H-K Contractors Inc · Struck by falling object

A LARGE CHUNK OF FROZEN DIRT & ROCK FELL FROM THE CONVEYOR ONTO EE STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD NEAR HIS LEFT EAR.

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