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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 7, 1994 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Wylie Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WORKING NEAR CRUSHER SCREEN WHEN DUST ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.

August 3, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Wylie Corp · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AWAY FROM CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT HIT METAL AND HIT INDIVIDUAL IN SHOULDER.

August 4, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Wylie Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING AT DUAL CONVEY SHOVELING WHEN TOP OF SHOVEL HIT CONVEY KNOCKING HAND IN CONVEY

July 25, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Wylie Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FOREMAN WAS TRYING TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTION BY TURNING POWER ON AND OFF WHEN POWER WAS TURNED ON ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT

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