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739,488
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Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
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January 11, 1985 CO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Rockcastle Company · Fall from machine

D9H DOZER WAS RIPPING APPROX 3 1/2 FT OF PERMAFROST FOR A SCRAPER ROAD TO UPPER LEVEL OF PIT #4 PROPOSED ROAD WAS APPROX 180 FT FROM EXISTING HIGHWALL DOZER SLID SIDEWAYS WIHT RIPPER IN GROUN D APPROX 8 IN IT WAS SO HARD OPERATOR COULD NOT GET RIPPER ANY DEEPER IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO HOLD DOZER OPERATOR JUMPED OFF DOZER SLID TO HIGHWALL AND OVER IT APPROX 35 FT

August 21, 1984 CO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Rockcastle Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS BACKING DOZER RAN OVER A ROCK, JAMMED SHOULDER AND NECK

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