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Of which fatal: 3,112
Years on record: 1983–2026
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August 31, 1999 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cottonwood Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS REMOVING WATER PUMP AND AFTER THE PUMP HAD RUN WITHOUT DISHCARGE FOR SOME TIME, EE WAS REMOVING DISCHARGE HOSE AND THE HOT WATER SPEWED OUT ONTO HIS LEFT HAND AND FOREARM.

August 27, 1999 IL · Coal safety representative MACHINERY

Cottonwood Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WAS HOISTING HEAD ROLLER FOR INSTALLATION & IT FELL ON THE STEEL TOE OF BOOT & STEEL WAS NOT BIGENOUGH TO COVER AREA THAT WAS IN DANGER IT SMASHED THE AREA OF FOOT THAT WAS NOT COVERED BY STEE L TOE OF THE BOOT

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