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1983–2026
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December 8, 1988 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Fort Union Mine Partnership · Struck against a moving object

STRUCK KNEE ON RETARDER BRACKET WHEN SCRAPER HIT BUMP.

January 20, 1987 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
International Anthracite Corp · Struck against a moving object

REMOVING ROCK F9OM CONVEYOR WHILE UNJAMMING ROCK PERSON WAS STRUCK WITH ANOTHER ROCK

November 1, 1985 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
International Anthracite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING JOY LOADER ACTIVATED BUSTER TO BREAK ROCK PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK HIM IN RT EYE

April 13, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
International Anthracite Corp · Fall from machine

EXITING MINE ON MOTOR PULLING LOADED MINE CARS. NEAR MOUTH OF TUNNEL LOCOMATIVE JUMPED TRACK THOWING SCHAEFFER ACROSS TOP OF MOTOR TO THE GROUND.

February 13, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
International Anthracite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING BRIDGE CARRIER IN REVERSE, WHEN MINERS LAMP CORD, SNAGGED RIB CHOSING ZIMMERMAN TO EXERT MORE PRESSURE ON TURNING LEVERS SWINGING BRIDGE CARRIER TO THE RIGHT PINCHING ZIMMERMAN BETWEE N AND RIB AND MACHINE.

February 7, 1984 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
International Anthracite Corp · Struck by falling object

OPERATING BRIDGE CONVEYOR IN E. GAGNWAY, ROCK BECAME JAMMED IN SAID CONVEYOR, WHILE TRYING TO FREE SAID ROCK BY HAND. ANOTHER ROCK FELL AGAINST HIS HAND CAUSING A CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT HAND AN D FINGERS.

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