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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 8, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Rio Algom Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING PUSH OVER CAR ON HOIST. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR AND WHEN CAR DROPPED ONTO HOIST, HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LIP OF ORE CAR AND TOP OFBAR SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

October 22, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rio Algom Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMP HAD DRILLED3AND BLASTED SOME LARGE BOULDERS AND WAS OPERATING 911 LHD WHEN HE RAN OVER A BOULDER WITH RT FRONT TIRE AND FLIPPED 911 ON ITS SIDE. HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION BEHIND RT EAR AND ABRASIONS O5ER LEFT SHOULDER. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES

March 10, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Rio Algom Corp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING3A LHD OVER ROCK WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO JAM HIS HEAD AGAINST BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED THROUGH 3-13-87 AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION 3-16-87. HE WAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK SINCE.

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