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November 9, 1999 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING A BELT & POWER MOVE, THE INJ WAS MOVING A HIGH VOLTAGE FEEDER CABLE WHEN HE HEARD HIS LEFT SHOULDER POP. HE FELT SORENESS BUT WORKED UTIL THE END OF SHIFT THE NEXT AM THE SHOULDER WAS SWELLED UP SO HE WAS SEEN BY THE CO DR

October 20, 1999 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS TAKING DOWN A PIECE OF 4" WATERLINE PIPE WHEN THE PIPE SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD INJURING HIS NECK.

May 17, 1999 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS WORKING ON A MANTRIP IN THE WAREHOUSE SHOP, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING DROP INTO HISRIGHT EAR.

January 18, 1999 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE INJ WAS DISCONNECTING THE DUSTER HITCH FROM THE EIMCO BUCKET WHEN THE HITCH CAME LOOSE FALLING ON THE INJURED LEFT FOOT-BRUISING THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT

January 14, 1999 CO · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED OPENED AN INSPECTION COVER PLATE TO LOCATE A BLOWN HYD HOSE WHEN THE COVER PLATE SUDDENLY CLOSED ON THE INJURED LEFT THUMB CRUSHING IT.

December 8, 1998 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJ WA SHOWERING AFTER SHIFT WAS OVER AND FLET SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. THE INJ WENT HOME UNSURE WHAT WAS IN HIS EYE AND THEN WENT TO THE DR THE FOLLOWING DAY TO HAVE A FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED FROM HIS RIGHT EYE

April 1, 1998 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE WORKING ON AN ADVANCE BELT MOVE, THE INJURED STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THE INJURED WAS INSTALLING BELT ROLLERS ONTO THE FRAMEWORK.

March 26, 1998 CO · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE STRINGING OUT AN EXTENTION CORD, EE BENT DOWN TO UNTANGLE IT, WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONVEYOR.

February 27, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING A TIRE OFF OF A CAS UNILOADER. THE TIRE SLIPPED, WEDGING HIS RIGHT HGAND BETWEEN THE RIM OF THE TIRE AND THE HUB OF THE UNILOADER.

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