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December 10, 1993 MT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Big Sky Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT WAS REPORTED THAT EE WAS MOVING POWER CABLE OFF OF MOON EE WAS GETTING READY TO THROW POWER CABLE OFF THE MOON & THE 1260 DRAGLINE TOOK ANOTHER STEP THE POWER CABLW WAS PULLED TIGHT & EE HA D A HOLD OF THE CABLE THE POWER CABLE PULLED EE FORWARD & DOWN CAUSING PAIN TO HIS CHEST (IT WAS REPORTED HE RECEIVED A HIATAL HERNIA OR TISSUE TEAR TO CHEST AREA)

September 16, 1991 MT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Big Sky Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

IT WAS REPORTED, THAT MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON #109 HAULAGE TRUCK TORQUING DOWN THE HEAD BOLTS TO 350 LBS. (WITH A TORQUE WRENCH) AND IN THE PROCESS THE RATCHET HEAD SLIPPED. HE FELL BACKWARDS NTIL RATCHET CAUGHT AND TWISTED LOWER BACK AREA. HE WAS SITTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE RESULT WAS PAIN TO THE LOWER BACK AREA, WHICH RESULTED IN A STRAIN.

August 8, 1990 MT · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Big Sky Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

IT WAS REPORTED THAT SHOVEL OPERATOR ON 1ST SHIFT WAS STEAM CLEANING 192M SHOVEL BOOM WITH HOTSY STEAMER. QUICK COUPLING THAT ATTACHES STEAMING WAND TO TRIGGER HANDLE SOMEHOW RELEASED WHEN TRI GGER WAS DEPRESSED & EMPL WAS BURNED ON LEFT LEG& LEFT ARM.

October 7, 1988 MT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Big Sky Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IT WAS REPORTED THAT MEN WERE JACKING IN BODY FILL BOLTS IN SEGMENTS ON 1260 DRAGLINE REPAIR JOB I.NAME PUT NUT ON BOLT AND IMPACT AIR WRENCH TO HELP THE JACK THE BOLT RELIEVED AND IT JUMPED T HROUGH PUSHING THE AIR IMPACT WRENCH UP AGAINST SWING FLOOR THE RESULT WAS I.NAMES LEFT THUMB WAS SMASHED BETWEEN AIR IMPACT WRENCH AND SWING FLOOR WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND HAD TO HAVE TEH L

May 19, 1984 MT · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Big Sky Coal Company · Struck by falling object

IT WAS REPORTED THAT I NAME ELECTRICIAN 1ST SHIFT WAS HELPING 4 OTHER WORKERS REPAIR PUMP MECHANISM FOR THE PUMP AT THE TIPPLE PREP PLANT THE WORKERS WERE BRINGING THE PUMP SHAFT DOWN IN THE H HOLD TANK WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A CHAIN AND 14 TON CRANE I NAME WAS TURNING THE 4 IN SHAFT BY HAND TO ALIGN THE FLANGE HOLES OF PUMP TOGETHER THE CHAIN UNRAVELED AND THE PUMP SHAFT FELL 7 TO

March 24, 1984 MT · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Big Sky Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MR HEDRICK WAS CLENAING THE AIRLESS PAINT SPRAYER GUN HE HAD BEEN PAINTING THE DIESEL TANKS BEHIND THE SHOP AND WAS USING SOLVENT OT CLEAN AIRLES GUN HE PUSHED THE AIR TRIGGER ON GUN DOWN AND HIS LEFT FINGER WAS IN F RONT OF THE AIR NOZZLE SOLVENT AND PAINT WAS INJECTED INTO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING SEVERE INFECTION TO HAND

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