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1983–2026
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January 21, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING DIRT CLODS OFF BELT, HAND CAUGHT.

October 16, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck against a moving object

STOCKPILING, HIT A POTHOLE.

July 9, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TO JOB SITE, HIT A BEAR.

February 20, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck against a moving object

STOCKPILING, REAR TIRE ON BERM, TURNED LOADER ON IT'S SIDE.

June 12, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE ALLEGES HE HURT HIS LOW BACK DUE TO BOUNCING AROUND IN LOADER SEAT.

August 9, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

I NAME WAS SHOVELING UNDER SCREEN WITH BACK TOWARD ROLLER ROLLER GRABBED SHOVEL HANDLE BEFORE HE COULD GET HIS HAND OFF SHOVEL ROLLER GRABBED HIS HAND AND PULLED HIS ARM IN UP TO HIS SHOULDER I NAME HAS PULLED LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS IN HIS ARM AND SHOULDER

June 22, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNHOOKING CHAIN LOADER OPERATOR MISREAD SIGNAL HE PULLED BACK STRIKING CONVEYOR WHICH HIT OPERATOR

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