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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 21, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Potash Producers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING THE LEFT FORK OF SWINGER OUT FROM CENTER AND MASHED HIS FINGERTIP BETWEEN THE FORK AND THE ANGLE BRACE ON THE FRAME OF THE FORK ATTACHMENT.

January 12, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Potash Producers Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING SCOOP TO CLEAN OFF CRUSHER. HE DROVE IT UNDER THE CRUSHER POWER CABLE & SCOOP CAB HUNG ON CABLE. HE THEN REACHED UP TO FREE CABLE, FOOT PUSHED ON ACCELERATOR WHICH TIGHTEN ED CAB UP ON CABLE, AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE AND CAB, MASHING IT.

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