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273,193
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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July 17, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER WHEN LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING HIM.

May 17, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A PORTABLE SCREENING PLANT WHENA DISCHARGE CHUTE LOCATED UNDER THE SCREEN PLUGGEE RESULTING IN AN OVERLOADED STRUCTURE. THE EM PLOYEE CHUT THE SCREEN AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THECHUTE WHEN THE STRUCTURE FAILED AS RESULT OF AN OVERLOADED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY THE CHUTE. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN COLLAR BON

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