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273,095
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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January 26, 2022 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Knife River - South Dakota · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee received a cortisone shot to EE's left shoulder on 2/4/22 for an injury that occurred on 1/26/22.

May 26, 2021 SD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Knife River - South Dakota · Struck against a moving object

Mixing materials with loader on 5/26/21, strained shoulder when driving into pile. Treated injury with stretching exercises. On 9/1/21, employee sought treatment with orthopedist, diagnosed with overextension of shoulder and prescribed physical therapy and given a cortisone shot.

February 7, 2000 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Knife River-South Dakota · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING ON WASTE PILE, LEFT REAR WHEELS HIT BEAM. TRUCK SLIPPED OVER THE EDGE. TRUCK SLID AND ROLLED APPROX 50-60' AND ENDED IN UPRIGHT POSITION. DRIVER CRAWLED OUT AND WALKED AWAY FROM TRUCK. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEAT BELT.

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