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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 14, 1992 WY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor OTHER
Cordero Mining Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED A GRAND MAL SEIZURE WHILE EXAMINING A DRAGLINE.CONSTRUCTION AREA AND DUE TO MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS FROM THE SEIZURE THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE T-12 V ERTEBRAE-ATTACHED LETTER.

November 23, 1987 WY · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING ON A SHOVEL BUCKET, WHENWIND BLOWN DUST ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE, WHICH REQUIRED ON OPTOMATRIST TO REMOVED THE FORIGN OBJECT (RECD FIRST AID 11-24-87) (RECD DR. TREATMENT 11-2 4-87). 3

September 14, 1983 WY · Coal carpenter OTHER
Cordero Mining Company · Struck by flying object

THE WIND PICKED UP A PIECE OF PLYWOOD DECKING WHICH STRUCK BILL IN THE RIGHT LEG

June 23, 1983 WY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler OTHER
Cordero Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ENTERING HOUSE AREA ON SHOVEL WHEN WIND CAUGHT DOOR SLAMMING DOOR CLOSED ON HAND.FRACTURE TO LEFT THIMB.

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