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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 12, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WITH A SHOVEL WHEN HIS RT ARM HIT A CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR STARTED TO PULL HIS ARM IN BUT HE WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT BEFORE HE REMOVED HIS ARM IT DID RECEIVE A BURN FROM THE CONVEYOR BELTING

October 19, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING EUCLID TRUCK STEERING WHEEL SPUN, CATCHING HIS THUMB THUS BREAKING BONE.

June 14, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

PLANT OPERATOR LEFT CRUSHER HOUSE TO REMOVE CLAY FROM CONVEYOR OPERATOR CLEANED FIRST CONVEYOR AND MOVED ON TO SECOND CONVEYOR DRIVER SAW THAT OPERATOR WAS OUT OF FIRST CONVEYOR ASSUMED HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE CRUSHER HOUSE AND STARTED THE FIRST AND SECOND CONVEYORS OPERATOR WAS CUAGHT IN SECOND CONVEYOR

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