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Of which fatal: 3,112
Years on record: 1983–2026
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April 2, 1986 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Rockwood Energy & Mineral Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

GETTING HYDRAUL3C OIL FROM DRUM INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN, WHICH CAUSED STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK AND STRAINED MUSCLES AT RIGHT KNEE

March 27, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rockwood Energy & Mineral Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS PICKING BONEY FROM A PICKING TABLE HE REACHED FOR A PIECE OF BONEY AND ANOTHER PIECE OF BONEY ROLLED DOWN AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES

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