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The Fatality Tracker on the main page is updated daily, first as a table listing  industrial deaths by category and then as an itemized listing of serious industrial & construction accidents and deaths, with links.

2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 59 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 45 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 63 (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 215 (2011 = 218) (2010 = 246) (2009 = 302) Cranes 36 (2011 = 50) (2010 = 50) (2009 = 82) Falls 76 (2011 = 123) (2010 = 139) (2009 = 172) (2008 = 250) Work Zone 45  (2011 = 54) (2010 = 50) (2009 = 69) (2008 = 69) Trenching 23 (2011 = 36) (2010 = 54) (2009 = 48) (2008 = 90) LOTO/Guards 32 (2011 = 64) (2010 = 51) (2009 = 68) (2008 = 66) Confined Space 43 (2011 = 62) (2010 = 112) (2009 = 73) (2008 =137) The numbers above are obtained from the news sources used to compile the Incident Alerts.  They are NOT official numbers published by any government agency.  They are derived SOLELY from my search engine search strings. Todays top listings: LOADING DOCK FATALITY – DOCK PLATE Worker Dies in Accident at West Columbia Bakery (a worker, 47, at a bakery died in an accident - she had entered the loading dock to unload a truck, and she was found beneath the loading dock plate - she was pronounced dead at the scene) LOTO/GUARDING AMPUTATION Trauma team discusses amputating leg of worker trapped in belt pulley (worker, 31, reportedly stepped in an area where he "shouldn't have been" and got his leg trapped in a belt pulley at the container plant - emergency responders determined they could not dismantle the machine, so the only way to free the trapped worker was to amputate his leg) LOTO/GUARDING on AUGER Blackduck man hurt in sawmill accident (at approximately 2:08 PM a worker, 21, at the Saw Mill was stuck in an auger - deputies responded to the scene and found an individual who had since been freed from the auger receiving first aid for serious injuries to his extremities and torso) FATAL EXPLOSION Mexican gas plant fire an accident (a gas plant fire and explosion has left 26 people dead - another 28 workers were injured while seven remained missing at the gas reception and distribution center - it was the third incident at a Pemex facility in a little over a month - on August 13, an explosion rocked a refinery and on the same day a fire broke out at a pipeline after thieves apparently tried to steal diesel from it - no injuries were reported in either incident) CONFINED SPACE RESCUE Duke Employee Rescued After Falling into Coal Hopper (crews rescued an employee at Steam Station after falling 20 feet into a coal hopper - the accident was caused by a void in a coal pile which allowed the worker and bulldozer to fall into the coal hopper, where he maintained radio contact - the worker was not trapped under any equipment - emergency crews rescued the worker by ladder around 6:45 a.m. - he was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries) (Me) (Home)