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May 26, 1992 WY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING METAL INTO THE ELEVATOR ONE PIECE OF METAL GOUGED HIS RT. ARM JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

January 24, 1992 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by flying object

COAL DUST IN RT EYE (REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF HOSPITAL TREATMENT IS REMOVAL OF DUST & ANTIBBIOTIES) LOST TIME BECAUSE ALTHOUGH HE HAD A WORK RELEASE TO WORK WE FELT IT IN HIS BEST INTEREST NOT T O WORK WITH A PATCH OVER HIS EYE

April 20, 1991 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING UNDER ENGINE STAND LOOKING UP FOR LEAKS A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL DRIPPED OFF OF THE ENGINE & FELL BETWEEN H IS FOREHEAD & SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS EYES EMPLOYEE IMMEDIATELY WAS HED OUT EYES WITH WATER HIS EYES BECAME IRRITATETHE NEXT DAY & HE HAD THEM CHECKED PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS MAKING THIS REPORTABLE

March 18, 1991 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PIECES OF Q DECKING. SHARP EDGE ON DECKING CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE CUTTING HIS HAND.

October 12, 1990 WY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRUISED SECOND AND THIRD DIGIT LOWER KNUCKLE TYING REINFORCED BAR FOR CONCRETE REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

September 28, 1990 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LACERATION TO 3RD DIGIT LEFT HAND WHILE WORKING WITH REINFORCING BAR FOR CONCRETE WORK.REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF SUTURES AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS.

August 31, 1990 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE RIGGING DOWN EQUIPMENT,A WELDER DROPPED A GROUND LEAD CABLE FROM THE WORK AREA.THE INJURED WORKER WAS BELOW TO RETRIEVE THE CABLE.THE CABLE WHIPPED STRIKING THE WORKER IN THE LIP.

March 6, 1990 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THROWING AWAY A TRASH BAG WITH A HEAVY OBJECT IN IT & IT CAME DOWN HARD ON THE LOWER PART OF THE RT ARM SMASHING IT BETWEEN THE TRASH BAG & THE EDGE OF THE DUMPSTER

September 6, 1989 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WORKING ON HAUL TRUCK TRAILING ARM. PIN CAME LOOSE AND FELL, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND.

March 12, 1989 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOWER BACK PAIN FROM LIFTING TIRE AND WHEEL FROM PICKUP INTO BACK OF PICKUP.,

February 17, 1989 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

DISMANTLING SUB BIT FOR DRILL CHAIN HOLDING BIT SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN UPPER RT ARM CAUSING LACERATION

January 3, 1989 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING SCRAP METAL METAL CAME IN CONTACT WHICH FOREARM CAUSING LACERATION.

December 3, 1988 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WORKING IN STORAGE AREA OF PLANT STEPPING OUT OF PICK UP STEPED ON ROCK CAUSING TWISTING OF L. KNEE.

October 11, 1988 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

REMOVING RADIATOR CAP FROM TEREX WATCH TOWER. RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE STEAM BURN TO UPPER RIGHT ARM.

July 6, 1988 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RECEIVED LACERATION TO 3RD DIGIT RIGHT HAND ON STEEL PLATE (REPORTABLE DUE TO STITCHING TO CLOSE LACERATION).

April 26, 1988 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED BACK AND PULLED MUSCLE RUNNING UP STAIRS WITH FURTHER AGGRAVATION SHOVELING HEAVY COAL MIXED WITH PANTING

January 10, 1988 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING BEHIND3SAMPLE CRUSHERS. PULLED BACK MUSCLE. REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF PRESCIPTION MEDICATION.

December 17, 1987 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RE-OCCURRENCE O0 BACK MUSCLE INJURY OF DECEMBER 15,1986, COPY OF 7000-1 ATTACHED.

October 16, 1987 WY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE PULLED3CORD TO OPEN VENETIAN BLIND,BLIND FELL FROM WALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING AN AVULSION REQUIRING STITCHES.

July 6, 1987 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE5DING FOR CHAIN IN RECEIVER FOR THE LATCH BAR ON THE BUCKET OF THE P&H 2300 SHOVEL. LATCH BAR RELEASED AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH 3RD FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND CAUSING FRACTURE AND AND LACERATION3OF DISTAL TIP OF FINGER.

December 15, 1986 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WORKIN1 WITH OTHERS INSIDE MOTOR HOUSE ON MACHINERY DECK OF P & H 2300 SHOVEL EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN FREEING AN ENTANGLED HOIST CABLE CABLE CAME LOOSE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK AND BACK OF LEGS C5USING MINOR FRACTURE TO DISTAL TIP POSTERIOR OF FIBULA OF LEFT LEG

September 17, 1984 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CHANGING NITTOGEN BOTTLES IN PLANT AREA WHEN THE BOTTLE RACK COVER CAME DOWN CATCHING THE EMPLOYEES INDEX FINGER OFTHE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE COVER & HITROGEN BOTTLE CAUSING LACERATIO N OF THE INDEX FINGER.

June 27, 1983 WY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE PULLING PM ON HAUL TRUCK DURING THIS HE PASSED UNDER THE HAUL TRUCK AND BUMPED HIS HEAD CAUSING PAIN TO CERVICAL AREA EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PROPER HEAD PROTECTION AT THE TIME

March 17, 1983 WY · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE SECURING LOAD BY HAND HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT UNDER WHEEL OF FORKLIFT.

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