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2000–2026
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April 4, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee crawled 16 feet under primary and was entangled in tailpulley.

February 8, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE SCRAPER OPERATOR AND EYE WITNESS SHOWS THAT THE EMPLOYEE MOVED BETWEEN A BACKING 633 CAT SCRAPER AND HIS PICKUP OUT OF THE OPERATORS FIELD OF VISION. HE WAS RUN OVER BY THE LEFT REAR SCRAPER TIRE RESULTING IN DEATH.

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