ON JUNE 17-1991 THE VICTIM TOOK A DIFFERENT ROUTE THAN THE REST OF EXPLORATORY DRILL CREW AND HIS 1978 FORD 4X4 VAN GOT STUCK IN A MUD HOLE ON AN UNIMPROVED ROAD. IT IS SPECULATED HE GOT COLD AND STARTED AN ONAN GEN SET IN THE BACK OF THE VAN TO RUN A SMALL ELECTRIC HEATER. THE BACK CARGO DOORS OF THE VAN WERE OPEN BUT THE FRONT DOORS WERE CLOSED THERE WAS A HOLD 1/2 WIDE BY 1 1/2
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June 17, 1991
NM · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
July 5, 1986
NM · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMERGENCY SPILL4AY BEING CONSTRUCTED AT TAILINGS POND #3.DURING LOADER CYCLE WHERE DIRT BEING MOVED FROM SPILLWAY BOTTOM,VICTIM CHECKING GRADE IN SPILLWAY BOTTOM.APPEARS THAT VICTIM MOVED TOO CLOSE TO LOADE9 CYCLE.WHEN LOADER BACKED OUT OF BANK,REAR BUMPER HIT DECEASED KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND JUST BEFORE RIGHT REAR TIRE RAN OVER HIM.
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