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October 9, 1992 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE REMOVING ROLLERS ROLLER FELL DROPPING ON HIS FINGER

August 18, 1992 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

54730CLEANING WALLS IN REVOLVING FRAME WITH POWER CLEANER 155. CONTINUED USE OF THE CITRAKLEEN THROUGHOUT WEEK CAUSED DRYING, SWELLING AND BLISTERS ON BOTH HANDS.

December 20, 1991 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WS UNHOOKING SAFETY BELT AFTER COMPLETING WELD. AS HE WAS UNHOOKING THE SAFETY BELT, THE LANYARD HUNG UP AND HE JERKED THE LANYARD CAUSING IT TO COME LOOSE AND HIT HIM IN THE FRONT O F HIS MOUTH CAUSING HIS TOOTH TO CHIP.

August 27, 1991 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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May 6, 1991 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING A 2IN PIPE IN #2 TUBE THEY CAME ACROSS A METAL DUST DEFLECTION PLATE THEY CUT A NOTCH IN THE PLATE & WHEN I NAME REACHED BACK TO ADJUST THE PIPE INTO THE FIRST CLAMP HE RUBBED HIS WRIST ON A SHARP EDGE CAUSING A LACERATION THE LACERATION ON HIS RT WRIST REQUIRED 4 SUTURES

October 5, 1989 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE DISMOUNTING MACHINE, EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN INSIDE DOOR HANDLE AND FRAME OF DOOR RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TIP OF INDEX FINGER.

September 27, 1988 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TRACK ROLLERS FROM CARRIER OF A BLAST HOLE DRILL WHEN ROLLER FELL STRICKING HIM ON RT.FOREARM & WRIST AREA CAUSING TENDONITIS CONDITION REQUIRING RX DOSAGE OF INDORIN AT ONE PILL EVERY 8HRS.FOR THE SWELLING EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOC.100688 AT 700PM

August 26, 1988 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 80 LB BELT IDLERS ONTO A SMALL DUMP TRUCK WHEN HE PUSHED AN IDLER FORWARD IN THE TRUCK BOX CAUSING A THORACIC BACK STRAIN (REQUIRING CHIROPRACTIC CARE).

June 5, 1988 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A CABLE CHOKER FROM A RUBBER TIRED DOZER THAT WAS CONNECTED TO A LIGHT PLANT WHEN THE KINK IN CHOKER FLIPPED CAUSING CHOKER TO STRIKE THE BACK OF HIS RT.WRIST CONFUSING & PUNCTURING AREA X-RAY WERE NEGATIVE FOR A FX.BUT A TETNUS INJECTION WAS ADMINISTERED FOR THE PUNCTURE

March 9, 1988 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS REMOVING A WATER PUMP SUCTION HOSE FROM A SUMP, WHEN THE REINFORCING WIRE LACERATED THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT HAND. REQUIRING 3 SUTURES TETNIS INJECTION.

October 2, 1987 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOWERING 5 TRACK MOUNTED LADDER EE PLACED HIS FOOT IN A HOLE IN THE SIDE RAIL OF T HE LADDER TO PUSH IT DOWN. WHEN THE LADDER LOWERED THE EE'S FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE H OLE & THE WALKW5Y. IMPACT WAS JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE OF EE'S BOOT & RESULTED IN FRACTURE OF MIDDLE PHALANGE OF LEFT GREAT TOE.

July 27, 1987 WY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

PERSON WAS INST5LLING A 400 TO 500 POUND BRUCKET SMUBBER ON A P&H 2300 SHOVEL WHEN A 2 INCH SLING WAS OUTBY SHARP EDGES CAUSING THE SMUBBER TO PIVET BACKWARDS CATCHING THE PERSONL LEFT LEG BAD LY CONTUSING TH9 SHIN AND CALF AREAS.

April 28, 1986 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS CLOS3NG THE DOOR ON A DART 600 LOADER INT HE PROCESS HE HAD HIS RIGHT THUMB IN THE DOOR FRAME & CLOSED THE DOOR ON IT CAUSING A FRACTURE.

February 27, 1986 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS CLEA3ING STORAGE SHELVING WHEN HIS FINGER STRUCK A SHARP OBJECT HE JERKED HIS H AND BACK CONTACTING A SHARP EDGE ON THE SHELF CAUSING A AVULSION TO THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIR ING 7 SUTURES. 3

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

I NAME WAS WORKING ON THE AIR CONDITIONER FAN ON RP-52 MOTOR GRADER WHILE CHECKING TO SEE IF THE FAN WAS TRUNING IT CONTACTED THE 3RD DIGIT OF HIS RIGHT HAND TAKING HALF OF THE FINGER NAIL AND READING FOR STITCHES ON THE TIP OF THE FINGER.

May 24, 1985 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UN-HOOKING STEEL CABLE FROM A 834 DOZER USED TO PULL A LIGHT PLANT, THE CABLE SPRUNG BACK AT EMPLOYEE STRIKING HER IN THE MOUTH BREAKING HER TWO FRONT TEETH.

April 19, 1985 WY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING HOUSE DOORS ON S-1 SHOVEL DUE TO RAINY CONDITIONS WHEN HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION AND A FRACTURE TO THE TIP ON THE THUMB.

March 28, 1984 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

STACY WAS GOING TO WASH THE FRONT WINDOW OF HER SHOVEL SHE UNLATCHED THE WINDOW THEN TURNED TO GET A SPRAY BOTTLE AS SHE TURNED BACK AROUND THE WINDOW OPENED STRIKING HER ABOVE LEFT EYE CAUSIN HALF INCH LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 4 SUTURES

March 14, 1984 WY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOUG WAS PULLING DOWN THE LADDER ON S-6 SHOVEL WHEN HIS HAND WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE GUIDE ROLLERS LOOSE RATING THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND ALSO 1/2IN LACERATING FOURTH FINGER ON RT HAND REQUIRING 3 SUTURES IN THE FINGER ALSO 2 SUTURES IN BACK OF HAND

March 7, 1984 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A WIGGINS DUST COVER AS HE PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE CAP IN ATTEMPT TO CHECK THE FUEL LEVEL ON A UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANK. PRESSURE HAD BUILD-UP WITHIN THE TANK DUE TO A FROZEN VENT PIPE.

December 12, 1983 WY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PLACING A PIECE OF DOUBLE WALLED PIPE IN A VICE THE PIPE SLIPPED CATCHING THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE R HAND BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE WORK BENCH CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION HE WAS SENT TO DR FOR X-RAYS WHICH DETERMINED THE FINGER WAS FRACTURED ON 12/15/83 BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT TELL IF IT WAS OR NOT THIS DATE ABOVE WHEN THE SWELLING SET IN

December 5, 1983 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLOSING WAREHOUSE DOUBLE DOORS HER HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HER TO CATCH THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN THE DOOR CAUSING A LACERATION

June 29, 1983 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER WHEN PICK-UP TAIL LIGHT BROKE IN HAND WHILE CHANGING OUT TAIL LIGHT FINGER REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES

May 26, 1983 WY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AT SHIFT CHANGE EE STOODE UP TO EXIT FROM CAB & STRAINED LOWER BACK.

March 30, 1983 WY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by falling object

NANCY WAS CLEARING A TABLE AND UPON MOVING IT THE TABLE TIPPED AND THE UNSECURED PIECE OF PLYWOOD FELL ON HER RIGHT HAND AS SHE TRIED TO CATCH IT

March 9, 1983 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEVE WAS CHANGING THE WATER BOTTLE ONT HE COOLER. AS HE PICKED THE FULL BOTTLE UP BOTTOM BROKE OUT SHATTERING TO THE NECK.

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