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November 15, 1988 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS PERFORMING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WORK ON SHOVEL AND WAS CLIMBING SHOVELAS LADDER WHEN HE HIT HIS KNEE CAP ON LADDER RUND

November 14, 1988 WY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL WAS REMOVING HOT LUNCH FROM MICROWAVE WHEN YARN LOOP IN SWEATER HOOKED ON CATCH OF MICROWAVE DOOR CAUSING HOT MEAL TO SPILL ON HAND.

June 10, 1988 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS MOVING FROM REVOLVING FRAME DOWN INTO TUB OF DRAGLINE TO PERFORM DRAGLINE MAINTENANCE. HE WAS REACHING FOR STEP WITH HIS FOOT 3' REACH WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS BACK.

February 22, 1988 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS D R AINING GEAR CASE ON DRAG DRUM BULL GBEAR AND HAD JUST INSTALLED AIR PUMP AND HAD TO TIE PUMP OFF. HE STEPPED ON COUPLER COVER BETWEEN #2 DRAG CASE AND TIES OFF PUMP TO GEAR CAS COVER. HE STEPPED DOWN PUTTING HIS RT HAND ON THE DRAG LIMIT SWITCH BRACKET. RINGT CAUGHT ON BRAKCKET CAUSING LACERATION ON FINGER

August 6, 1986 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING A TIRE AND WHEN HE GRABBED TIRE RIM TO MOVE IT, A STEEL SLIVER WENT INTO HIS HAND.

May 29, 1986 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WELDING ON3TOP OF SILO LIFTING 50 LB BOX OF WELDING ROD OFF MAN-HOIST PAIN DEVELOPED IN LOWER BACK.

April 17, 1986 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS MOUNTIN1 TRAILER FRAME ONTO TRAILER WHEELS INSIDE OF MAINTENANCE SHOP IN FRONT OF DRAGLINE BUCKET HIS RT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRAILER FRAME AND TOOTH ON DRAGLINE BUCKET

April 7, 1986 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL PERFORMING3STEP-UP SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES.

March 27, 1986 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING PROPE5 BRAKE QUARD ON SHOVEL, I.NAME WAS IN A SITTING POSITION ON TRACK AND BENT OVER TO INSTALL A BOLT IN QUARD WHEN HE FELT A SNAP IN HIS LEFT KNEE

March 19, 1986 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS TURN3NG AND ROTATING TEETH ON SHOVEL BUCKET. WHEN REPLACING A TOOTH, HER RIGHTRING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOOTH AND THE ADAPTOR, FRACTURING THE TIP OF HER FINGER.

June 19, 1985 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP 50# BOX OF NAILS FELT BACK PAIN.

June 3, 1985 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING LATHE AND DIDN\T SEE CUTTING ON HANDLE OF LATHE. PLACED HAND ON LATHE HANDLE AND CUT FINGER.

August 13, 1984 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING 10" X 10" X 48" HARD WOOD TIMBERS FROM UNDER DRAGLINE BUCKET. EMPLOYEE WHILE REMOVING TIMBER CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE PIECE HE WAS REMOVING AND ANOTHER PIECE, CUTTING L EFT INDEX FINGER.

May 24, 1984 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING FROM FLOOR ONTO THE FLOOR SWEEPER MACHINE AND HIT LEFT KNEE ON SIDE OF MACHINE.

January 6, 1984 WY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING DRILL CHUCK APPROX 4" DIAMETER INTO DRILL PRESS WHEN CHUCK DROPPED OUT OF SPINDLE CABOUT 18" INCHES ONTO FINGERS

September 27, 1983 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING DOWNSPOUT ON BLDG HE GRABBED THE GUTTER TO SUPPORT IT WHILE DRILLING AND CUT HIS FINGER ON A ROUGH EDGE.

September 26, 1983 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING STEEL PIPE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 8, 1983 WY · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS WIRING A RECEPTACLE A CARPENTER WORKING ABOVE HIM DROPPED A PIECE OF WALL ANGLE AND IT STRUCK HIM ON LEFT FOREARM

August 8, 1983 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON A TRUCK AND LATER CLAIMED THAT HE TORE A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE DOING IT

July 20, 1983 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF DUCT HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT IT ON A PIECE OF SHEETING.

July 20, 1983 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING STEEL AND WAS STRADDLING REBAR STEEL CAME DOWN AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THIGH INSIDE THE INJURY DID NOT BECOME A PROBLEM UNTIL 072283 WHEN IT HAD BECOME INFECTED AND THE WOULD BURST OPEN

June 1, 1983 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS HELPING MOVE AN OXYGEN CYLINDER FROM ONE RACK TO ANOTHER AND TRIED TO MOVE THE CYLINDER WHERE THEY BOTH COULD LIFT IT. HE SAID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA THAT WOULDNT EA SE UP.

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