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March 13, 1990 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

DRIVING DOWN THE ENTRY IN A RAMCAR EMPLOYEE WENT OVER A BUMP, HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF WHEN HE HIT THE BUMP HIS HEAD HIT THE CROSS BAR CUTTING THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

November 28, 1989 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING RAMCAR,THE ROADWAY WAS BUMPY HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE RAMCAR JARRING HIS NECK.

May 2, 1989 UT · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS OPERATING RAMCAR HE PLACED HIS R HAND ON THE ARICULATION POINT BUMER STOP AN UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OCCURRED CATCHING THE EMPLS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS R HAND BETWEEN THE BUMPER AND THE CAR BODY

February 14, 1989 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING THE RAMCAR FROM THE MINER TO FEEDER DURING PRODUCTION THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS NECK AND MIDDLE BACK,ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELLING BUMPY ROADWAYS.

January 4, 1989 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING RAMCAR TO THE FEEDER IN 2 ND LEFT ENTRY. HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD IT CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGINAST THE CAB OF THE RAMCAR, CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NECK.

June 5, 1985 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

THE EE WAS PULLING WATER HOSE FROM UNDER A ROCK. A SCOOP WAS TRAVELING SLOWLY WHILE PREPARING TO DUMP THE SCOOP STRUCK THE EE.

February 21, 1985 UT · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CONNECTING CHAIN TO TOOL BOX.HOIST TRUCK PRARKED WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE SET AND TIRES BLOCKED.BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED ,VEHICLE OVERRODE BLOCKS AND STRUCK EMPL.

October 16, 1984 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE TOP OF THE CAB.

September 5, 1984 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP.THE CANOPY OF THE MACHINE STRUCK THE ROOF AND CAUSED THE CANOPY TO STRIKE THE OPERATOR ON THE HEAD.

December 20, 1983 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A TANDEM ROLLER ON THE BELT DRIVE THE ROLLER SLIPPED BACK FROM ITS STATIONARY POINT BOUNCED AND CRUSHED HIS HAND TWO BROKEN FINGERS MINOR AMPUTATION OF RING FINGER LEFT HAND

October 18, 1983 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE HURT HIS BACK ON 10-18-83. HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE STRAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR ON 10-20-83 BY THE SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE.

February 16, 1983 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A ROCK WHILE DRIVING A BUGGY, CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CAB, JARRING HIS TEETH TOGETHER, KNOCKING ONE LOOSE. THIS BECAME A REPORTABLE INJURY ON 3-1-83 WHEN THE EMPLO YEE WENT TO A DENTIST FOR TOOTH EXTRACTION BECAUSE OF A SEVERE INFECTION. HE RECIEVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN RELIEVERS AND ANTIBIOTICS.

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