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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 9, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Mineral Products Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

CLEANING OUT TAIL PULLEY ON CONVEYOR BELT, BELT WAS RUNNING FAR TO ONE SIDE BECAUSE OF SAND ON HEAD PULLEY, WORKER USED A BROKEN HANDLE SHOVEL TO REACH IN BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY, SHOVEL GOT P ULLED IN AND WORKERS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON THE SHOVEL PULLING HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM IN BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY. RESULTING IN MONTAGGIA FX R ELBOW/CRUSH INJURY R ARM/HAND/LAC RMF

January 10, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calspar Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS MOVING ROCK FROM FACE OF MINE A LARGE BOULDER WAS STUCK ENFACE OF MINE WHEN HE PICKED UP HIS BUCKET THE BOULDER CAME AND CAME EVER THE TOP OF THE LOADER BUCKET AND CAME DOWN AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD HIS RIGHT LEG GET A CUT HE WAS TOOK TO ST MARY HOSP IN APPLE VALLEY WHERE HE WAS XRAYED AND RELEASE .

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