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February 2, 2026 MT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Decker Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Mechanic was under a dozer looking for a leak on the equalizer bar. Once the mechanic found the problem, EE went to crawl out from underneath the dozer EE used EE's arm to assist self in getting up. In this process EE's left shoulder dislocated from the socket.

June 28, 2023 MT · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Decker Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Dragline operator cut the tip of finger while reinstalling a lower hoist chain pin during a PM. Dragline Operator's ring and pinky fingers were pinched under the pin's locking collar cap, with the ring finger taking most of the injury. The tip of the ring finger was cut off with only slight pinch damage to the pinky.

December 18, 2019 MT · Coal welder (non-shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Decker Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Installing pin in spreader bar for dragline rigging, pin started in hole and was not down completely reached to grab pin, then grabbed pin and pin fell into hole completely, which entrapped ring & middle finger, causing them to be smashed. Went to hospital where X-rays showed no breaks, but did result in nine stitches to ring finger.

July 25, 2018 MT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Decker Coal Company · Struck by flying object

When the pin was backed out of a rear trailer strut, it swung free & struck the employee in the lower lip.

March 12, 2018 MT · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Decker Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured employee crushed left little finger between the flat bed pickup rail and replacement dragline bucket tooth that ee was loading into the truck bed.

April 11, 2016 MT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Decker Coal Company · Struck by falling object

While inspecting the bin level measuring system on a prill storage silo the injured employee suffered facial and skull lacerations when the unsecured manhole cover fell on to the employees head. Injuries would have been more severe had the injured employee not had EE's hard hat on.

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