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August 7, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Highpoint Sand and Gravel LLC · Struck against a moving object

UNKNOWN AT TIME OF REPORT. A miner died when the front-end loader EE was operating went over a highwall and fell approximately 70 feet.

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