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October 24, 1992 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRYING TO RELEASE TRANSMISSION, DISENGAGE FOOT PEDAL ON #959 BOBCAT BY TAPPING WITH HAMMER. CRUSHING INJURY TO 4TH FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. FRACTURE TO FINGER.

March 31, 1992 WY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING 4 WHEEL CAR BACKING FORKLIFT OUT CAUGHT ONE WHEEL IT LANDED ON TOP OF R FOOT

August 11, 1989 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE SIDE OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES OBJECT EMBEDDED IN H IS RT EYE

June 27, 1989 WY · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

GUARD PARKED VEHICLE ON DOWNHILL SLANT, PUT ON E.R. BRAKE, LEFT VEHICLE RUNNING IN NEUTRAL, UNCHOCKED. EXITED VEHICLE TO DETEX KEY STATION APPROX. 6' AWAY FROM DOOR, LEAVING DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN . VEHICLE ROLLED. GUARD RAN, JUMPED INTO VEHICLE, HITTING RIGHT SHOULDER ON DOOR FRAME. RIGHT ARM PAIN UPON MOVEMENT AND FINGERS TINGLED.

April 29, 1987 WY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING3FARM TRACTOR PREPARING SEED BED. OPERATING FOOT PEDALS AND WAS TWISTING IN SEAT FOR OBSERVING SOIL CONDITIONS. CAUSED IRRITATION IN RT HIP. HAS AN ARTIFICIAL RIGHT HIP

October 12, 1985 WY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A PIECE OF ROPE GOT CAUGHT ON THE UNIMOG AND PULLED THE CABLE TRIPPING THE EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.

March 22, 1985 WY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL HAD BEARING RACES ON PALLET BEING LIFTED BY FORKLIFT OVER DUMPTSTER.EMPL GLOVES HAD GREASE ON THEM AND SLIPPED CATCHING RING FINGER RIGHT HAND BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND HAUL TRUCK BEARING RACE

February 26, 1985 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADED HAUL TRUCK ROADS HAD RECENTLY BEEN WATER AND WERE SLICK THE HAUL TRUCK BEGAN SLIDING TURNED 180 AND ROLLED ONTO RIGHT SIDE-EMPLOYEE BRUISED LEFT HIP

January 22, 1985 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT A HAUL TRUCK TIRE ON THE RIM, THE TIRE FELL FROM THE FORKLIFT STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE - FRACTURED LEFT ARM

May 9, 1984 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

THREE HAUL TRUCK PARKED IN LINE WAITING TO BE LOADED FIRST TRUCK RADIOED SECOND THAT HE WAS BACKING UP SECOND TRUCK ATTEMPTED TO BACK UP TO ALLOW MORE ROOM DID NOT SEE TRUCK BEHIND HIM BACKE INTO TRUCK CAUSING DRIVER OF THIRD TRUCK TO PUSH BACK AND BECOME TENSE IN THE SEAT CAUSED BACK STRAIN

August 22, 1983 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER HE WAS OPERATING WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER SCRAPER WHILE MAKING CONNECTION TO PERFORM PUSH-PULL TANDEM OPERATIONS.

March 16, 1983 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Basin Coal Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR, MODEL #623, SCAPER. AFTER DUMPING A LOAD OF SCORIA, SHE WAS TURNING AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HAUL ROAD AND CROSSED THE DIVEDER WINDROW (15" HIGH), AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. THIS CAUSED THE MACHINE TO LURCH, CAUSING THE INJURY.

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