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Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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April 25, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott/New Mines Development Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK LIGHTING PLANT TON RING TO BUMPER OF PICK UP.I NAME WAS SIGNALING I NAME (DRIVER)TO COME BACK AND BUMPBER CAUGHT I NAME HAND BETWEEN TON RING OR SHACKLE.

March 6, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott/New Mines Development Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL BACKED LOCOMOTIVE INTO BUCKET OF RS 150 MUCKER,PINNING HIM BETWEEN BATTERY ON LOCOMOTOVE AND BUCKET ON MUCKER.

January 18, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott/New Mines Development Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LEO WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE PULLING EQUI MENT AWAY FROM THE FACE HE DID NOT SEE MUCKER BHIND HIM AND COLLIDED HE WAS SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE LICI BATTERY AND THE BUCKET OF THE RS 150 MUCK

January 11, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott/New Mines Development Division · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING ROCK UNDER WHEEL FOAR BLOCKING MOTOAR, MOTOAR ROLLED OVER ROCK CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN ROCK AND WHEEL.

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