July 5, 1986
NM · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMERGENCY SPILL4AY BEING CONSTRUCTED AT TAILINGS POND #3.DURING LOADER CYCLE WHERE DIRT BEING MOVED FROM SPILLWAY BOTTOM,VICTIM CHECKING GRADE IN SPILLWAY BOTTOM.APPEARS THAT VICTIM MOVED TOO CLOSE TO LOADE9 CYCLE.WHEN LOADER BACKED OUT OF BANK,REAR BUMPER HIT DECEASED KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND JUST BEFORE RIGHT REAR TIRE RAN OVER HIM.
May 21, 1986
NM · Coal
welder (shop)
Fatality · MACHINERY
Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
IN THE 206 AREA3OF PIT 001-0, AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A SCHEDULED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE DAY ON THE PAGE 752 LR DRAGLINE. AFTER COM PLETING THE WOR5 ACTIVITY OF INSTALLING A NEW PUMP ROPE AND THEN PREPARING TO TURN THE DRAG SOCKET AND TRI-PLATE ASSEMBLY OVER TO WELD ON A PIN KEEPER, THE DUMP ROPE SLIPPED OFF OF THE BUCKET
April 8, 1985
NM · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE VICTIM WAS HANDLING THE ELECTRICAL CABLE ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE RIGHT RIB THE CONVEYOR BOOM SWUNG TO THE RIGHT STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE NECK AND HEAD AREA