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July 12, 2025 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
GCC Rio Grande Inc · Struck against a moving object

A delivery driver employed by a water supply vendor was in route to the facility when the tanker truck overturned and slid off the road. Investigation ongoing

February 22, 2025 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
GCC Dacotah Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A miner received fatal injuries. After a bridge collapsed that the miner was operating a skid steer loader on. The miner was clearing refractory brick form a rotary kiln. The bridge that was installed by the property owner collapsed. The skid steer fell approximately 10 feet into a hopper, causing the payload of brick to engulf the operator causing fatal wounds.

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