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August 9, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Plateau Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A POGO STICK TO INSTALL BRATTICE LINE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RT SHOULDER

July 18, 1985 UT · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Plateau Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK AND SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING LONGWALL PAN CHAIN KINKS

January 24, 1985 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Plateau Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SMASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN MINER DOOR AND CAB. FINGER LACERATION REQUIRING SIX STITCHES.

January 7, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Plateau Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING NEW HAMMERS IN A CRUSHER. THE HAMMER SLIPPED PINCHING THREE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND

March 23, 1984 UT · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Plateau Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING WATER LINE FROM PUMP WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE WATER LINE. THE LINE FLIPPED UP STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE.

June 21, 1983 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yampa Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SWINGING A SPARE TIRE ONTO BED OF TRUCK TIRE BOUNDED BACK TRIED TO CATCH TIRE AN SPRAINED BACK

March 2, 1983 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Plateau Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS LOOKING INTO A CONTINUOUS MINER COMPARTMENT BEFORE THE COVER WAS SECURED AGAINST FALLING THE COVER FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE HEAD CAUSING FACIAL LACERATIONS WHEN HE HIT THE CO MPONENTS IN THE COMPARTMENT

February 2, 1983 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yampa Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING PROPANE BOTTLE UP LADDER OF COAL TRUCK PAIN IN LOWER BACK

January 14, 1983 CO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yampa Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

POWER CABLE WAS BEING PULLED IT CAUGHT ON A ROCK THEN CAME LOOSE KNOCKING EE DOWN AMOUNG THE ROCKS.

January 13, 1983 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yampa Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS WASHING UNDERSIDE OF PICKUP TRUCK PULLED ON WASHING HOSE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

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