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Of which fatal: 3,112
Years on record: 1983–2026
Classifications: 20

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September 15, 1983 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY

Fowlkes Contracting Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR STRAYED OFF THE BLADED AREA OF THE PIT AND RAN OVER A SOFT SPOT THE SCRAPER BOUNCED AND JAMMED HIS BACK THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK WAS JAMMED TOGETHER AND ONE OF HIS VERTEBRAS FRA CTURED

May 11, 1983 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fowlkes Contracting Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MECHANIC WAS CHANGING A TRANSMISSION VALVE ON A HD21C TRACTOR WHEN THE NEW VALVE HE WAS ABOUT TO MOUNT FELL OFF THE BACK OF THE TRACTOR ON HIS HAND HE HAD PLACED THE VALVE THERE WHILE HE WAS CLEANING THE TRACTOR

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