ACCIDENTS
One died crushed
by a hanging slab. One died
in a shuttle car, trapped
in a falling drift.
One died after a carthorse
went over an edge.
One died of a misfired
explosion. One died
mangled against a wall.
One died, drowned
by his loader. Killed
by his tractor. Shot
by a 30-30. One died
after his shirt got caught
in a pinch point near
his idler. One died
struck against a
stationary object, moving
object, a falling
object. One died
caught under a mesher, a loader,
a piece of wall. One died
of a heart attack.
One died of stroke.
Cancer, fibrosis. Struck
by a car after losing
his hearing. Eye
gouged out by a cable. Diseases
of the blood. One died
from a cut that got
infected. Sick
from the drinking
water. Soil,
particles. One died
of leukemia, skin, breast,
ovaries, lungs. One
died one died one
died for not
paying attention.