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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
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November 20, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Gate Limestone Quarry Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS EXTEMDOMG THE BOOM & DID NOT SEE BLOCK & TACKLE COME AGAINST THE TOP - IT SNAPPED WITH EE IN MAN BASKET. EE SUSTAINED BROKEN COLLAR BONE.

July 14, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Gate Limestone Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK CAUGHT A SHOVEL IN THE TAIL PULLEY AND WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO REMOVE THE SHOVEL, THE SHOVEL HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

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