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1983–2026
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October 21, 1987 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Antelope Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

NEGLIGENCE ON P5RT OF EMPLOYEE HE WAS TOLD AT SAFETY MEETINGS THAT THE WEARING OF SEAT BELTS WAS MANDATORY JOB ABANDONEDMENT SEE ATTACHED SHEET

October 8, 1987 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Antelope Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER OPERATO9 WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION FOLLOWED HAUL TRUCK UP THE HILL AND WHEN HAUL TRUCK TURNED TO DUMP SCRAPER PAN INTO THE SIDE OF HIM WK HAD BEEN RUNNING THIS RT FOR 2 DAYS BEFORE WE S TARTED I TOLD E5ERYBODY TO MAKE THEIR SCRAPER ROAD AROUND THE TRUCKS LEAVING THEM PLENTY OF ROOM TO TURN AROUND SCRAPER SHOULDNNT HAVE BEEN IN THAT AREA SCRAPER OPERATOR SOLEY AT FAULT

August 4, 1987 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Antelope Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING VIBRATOR,2AD CORD TIED TO WAIST.BUGGY CAME BY,CAUGHT HIS CORD AND KNOCKED HIM OFF HIS FEET.

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