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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 26, 1997 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS STRIKING A BEARING WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF BEARING CHIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO LEG.

March 20, 1995 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WA HELPING PIN A TRACK ON D-9L TOGETHER. A HYD JACKWAS BEIGN USED TO HOLD UP THE TRACK. HE TOOK THEJACK OUT AND THE TRACK CAME DOWN AND PINNED HIS AND TO TH ETRACK FRAME. HE RECEIV ED SOME STITCHE'S TO THHE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND.

January 21, 1995 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FROZEN MATERIAL FROM THE END OF A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE STEEL BAR HE WAS USING CAUGHT & WAS THROWN AGAINST HIS RT LEG

December 16, 1994 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS USING A FLOOR JACK TO RAISE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THE HANDLE ON THE JACK FELL DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND FOOT PEDAL CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED THREE STICHES.

November 5, 1993 IN · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED OFF AND HE HIT HIS ARM AGAINST PIECE OF MEDAL CAUSING A OUT THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

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