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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 24, 1985 CO · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

SCRAPED HAND ON EDGE OF ELECTRICAL BOX WHILE PULLING TAPE OFF POWER CABLE.1 1/2\\ LACERATION ON BACK OF LEFT HAND.

June 26, 1984 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Snowmass Coal Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS HELPING ANOTHER MAN CUT 70# RAIL WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH AND WHEN A 20 INCH LONG PIECE WAS CUT, HE WAS GOING TO SHOVE IT AWAY, BUT HIS OBODY WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 26, 1983 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS MOVING OXYGEN BOTTLES FROM A UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA TO THE WORK SITE WHEN THE BOTTLE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION THE MIDDLE JOINT

January 11, 1983 CO · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THIS MAN WAS ONE OF TWO MEN WHO WERE WORKING ON A WASH BOX IN THE PREPERATION PLANT THEY HAD DISMANTLED ONE OF THE PADDLES ANDWERE LIFTING IT UP AND OUT OF THE WASH BOX WHEN IT SLIPPED, FELL ANS STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST.

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