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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 30, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brownlee Construction Inc · Fall from machine

SETTING A CONVEYOR IN PLACE USING CHAIN ON LOADER. GUARD JERKED ANDMAN ON CONVEYOR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS SIDE ON PIECE OF HOPPER. KNOCKED WIND OT OF HIM. LATER IN EVENING STARTED HURTING INR IB AREA. HAD X-RAYS HSOWED 2 BROKE RIBS.

May 21, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Brownlee Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WATCHING THE FEED CONVEYOR AND A LARGE ROCK CLOSED THE REGULARY COAL HOPPER 2 AT HAS FINGER DOOR DID NOT GOES AUTOMATICALLY DOOR TO THE RISE OF THE ROCK.

August 28, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brownlee Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING LOADER TO PUSHING A LOAD OF GRAVEL. ANOTHER LOADER OPERATOR WAS HOOKE UP AND HAMPER INTO EE LOOKS CAUSING WHIPLASH PULLED LIGAMENT IN NECK AND BACK.

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