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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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April 9, 1999 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Camas Minndak Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR WAS OPEN ON LOADER. EMPLOYEE PUT HAND ON FRAME TO BALANCE HIMSELF WHILE LOOKING BACK. EMPLOYEE STARTED TO MOVE LOADER WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMEDSHUT, CATCHING 3 FINGERS OF EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAN D. LACERATIONS REQUIRED EIGHT STITCHES.

October 7, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Camas Minndak Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

OEPRATOR WAS REMOVING AGGREGATE FROM STOCK PILE/HIGHWALL ONTO CRUSHER. BACKING AWAY FROM WALL, HE GOT OUT OF HIS LOADER AND CLIMBER DOWN. WALL SLOUGHED COVERING HIM IN MATERIAL JUST ABOVE HIS WAIST. OTHER PERSONNEL CAME TO HIS AID AND TOOK HIM IN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION.

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