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1983–2026
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May 5, 1987 UT · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
Trail Mountain Coal Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

HE WAS WIPING G9EASE OFF A WATERLINE NEXT TO CONVEYOR BELT WITHA RAG . HIS HAND SLIPPED , THE RAG CAUGHT IN A ROLLER AND PULLED RT HAND ACROSS THE ROLLER, X RAY INDICATED A HAIR LINE FRACTU ON HIS INDEX FI3GER ON RT HAND ON THE JOINT CLOSEST TO END OF HIS FINGER

March 26, 1986 UT · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Trail Mountain Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME HAULING 9OOF BOLTS TO THE BOLTING MACHINE,THE ROADWAY WAS ON SOME WHAT OF AN ANGLE.WHILE TURNING AROUND IN THE INTERSECTION THE MACHINE RAISED UP ON ONE SIDE.I NAME REACHED OVER AND GRA BED THE HAND RA3L TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE JUST BEFORE THE RAIL HIT THE ROOF.SQUEEZING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE RAIL AND THE ROOF.

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