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1983–2026
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March 25, 1991 WY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Triton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME CLIMBING UP SAFEWAY TO GET TO TOP OF SILO. STARTED HAVING PAINS,TOLD SUPV WAS HEARTBURN. SUPV TOLD EMPL IF IT FELT THAT BAD EMPL SHOULD GO HOME.EMPL DROVE HIMSELF HOME,AT HOME HAVING PA INS SO WIFE TOOK EMPL TO EMERG RM. ON 3-27-91 WE WERE NOTIFIED IT WAS A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. DR SAID IT WAS JOB RELATED .

February 13, 1991 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIGH WIND BLEW DOWN 12' X 8' WOODEN DOOR STRIKING EMPL INJ LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO LEFT SHOULDER.

April 29, 1985 WY · Coal OTHER
Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A STEEL COVER IN PLACE AT THE TRUCK DUMP FACILITY BETWEEN THE LID AND HAND RAIL. CAUSING LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO THE DISTAL TIP OF THE FOURTH DEPT OF THE RIGHT HAND.

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