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Years on record: 1983–2026
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January 9, 1986 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Soldier Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOLDING 5 TIMBER BEING SET AND HIS FOREMAN WAS SWINGING AN AX TEH AX SLIPIPPED OUT OF THE FOREMANS HANDS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BOTTOM LIP

January 19, 1983 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Soldier Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING THE SLACK OUT OF THE BELT DURING A BELT MOVE USING A CHAIN AND PORK CHOP-HIS THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND PORK CHOP.

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