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Years on record: 1983–2026
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July 8, 1989 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Crystals Unique · Struck by falling object

THE FLOOR OF THE PIT HAD BEEN BLASTED UNDER CUTTING AN OVERHANGING HIGHWALL AFTER THE BLASTED MATERIAL HAD BEEN REMOVED THE VICTIM STEPPED INTO THE EXCAVATION THE OVERHANGING HIGHWALL FELL CR USHING THE VICTIM

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