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January 6, 1986 WY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

4 EMPL SPLICING354'' BELT 700' INBY OR DOWN HILL FROM HEAD ROLLER.UPHILL SIDE OF BOTTOM BELT GOT AWAY AND WENT UP HILL AROUND HEAD ROLLER AND BACK DOWN HILL.WHEN IT CAME DOWN TOP ROLLERS SOME SLACK HIT I.NA4E.

January 6, 1986 WY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

4 EMPL SPLICING354'' BELT 700'INBY OR DOWN HILL FROM HEAD ROLLER.UPHILL SIDE OF BOTTOM BELT GOT AWAY AND WENT UP HILL AROUND HEAD ROLLER AND BACK DOWN HILL.WHEN IT CAME DOWN TOP ROLLERS SOME S LACE HIT I.NAME1

September 24, 1985 WY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRING STEEL ROOF SUPPORT LEGS HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT EMPLOYEE DID NOT SLIP OR FALL. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR AND DR SAID HE HAD A SWOLLEN BACK MUSCLE.

July 2, 1985 WY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE USING A LADDER AND A ROPE TO PULL CABLE TO ROOF THE ROPE CAME UNTIED AND THE CABLE FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ANKLE THE EMPLOYEE HAS A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT FOOT.

April 9, 1985 WY · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP 50FT ROLL CHAIN LINK FENCE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 041685 THEN WENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH MUSCLE STRAIN OF LOWER BACK

March 13, 1985 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ELECTRIC MOTOR WAS SETTING ON SHEAR ARM I.NAME LOWERED ARM & MOTOR FELL OFF THR ARM & HIT HIS TOE WEIGHT OF MOTOR CRUSHED STEEL TOE OF HIS SHOE & STEEL TOE CUT HIS BIG TOE ALMOST OFF DOC SEWE D THE TOE BACK

May 22, 1984 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS GETTING RAM ROM WAREHOUSE RAM WAS ON A SHELF ABOUT CHEST HIGH SHELF HAD MATERIAL STORED IN FRONT OF IT SO FORK LIFT COULD NOT BE USED I.NAME AND I.NAME LIFTED RAM FROM SHELF WHICH C AUSED I.NAME TO STRIN HIS BACK MUSCLES

May 18, 1984 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WASLIFTING THE FORK AND I.NAME WAS PUTTING ON THE FORK. WHEN THE FORK WAS SLID OVER INTO THE CORRECT POSITION IT WAS SET DOWN AND I. NAME HAD HER FINGER UNDER THE FORK. THE WEIGHT OF TH E FORK SEVERED THE TIP OF THE INDEX FINGER OF HER LEFT HAND.

May 11, 1984 WY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME STRIANED THE LIAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A DUKE.

April 2, 1984 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DENNIS STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A PUSH BAR.

February 27, 1984 WY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TAKING A TOP ROLLER OFF OF STANDS, ROLLER SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND FELL ON RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING A BREAK ON FOOT.

October 22, 1983 WY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND A TELETRAM WITH HIS FOOT ON THE TAILGATE FOR LEVERAGE TO MOVE STELE LEGS ON OUT OF THE CAR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING LEGS FROM TOP OF STACK IN CAR TO CROSSCUT ONE OF THE STEEL LEGS HIT ON BASE FELL BACK ON TAILGATE OF CAR AND HIT HIS FOOT

March 8, 1983 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING 4" PIPE FROM FORKLIFT & TRYING TO INSTALL IN PIPE RACK. THE PIPE SLIPPED & CAUGHT FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

January 10, 1983 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon County Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS MOVING A CHAIN HOIST FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER WHEN HE PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS LWER BACK

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