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January 10, 1990 UT · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Utah Power & Light Company-Mining Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING DURTER THE END OF HE WAGNER SCOOP WAS OUT INOT THE NATURAL ROADWAY ABOUT 6 FT. AN EMCO SCOOP TRAMMING DOWN THE DISIEL ROADWAY STRUCK THE REAR OF THE WAGNER SCO OP CAUSING THE GOODOP BUCKET TO STRIKE AND PINCH HIS FOOT.

March 10, 1989 UT · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Utah Power & Light Company-Mining Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 20X WAGNER SCOOP HE HAD HIS RT HAND ON THE CAB DOOR AS HE TURNED THE MACHINE TO THE RT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE DOOR & HEADLIGHTS

November 12, 1987 UT · Coal timberman POWERED HAULAGE
Utah Power & Light Company-Mining Division · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS STAN8ING BETWEEN SHIELD AND PAN LINER AS SHIELD WAS BEING PUSHED INTO PLACE WITH A WAGNER SCOOP, THE DUCK BILL OF THE SCOOP SLID ALONG THE BASE OFTHE SHIELD TO THE PAN AND CAUGHT TH ES MANS FOOT BE7WEEN THE DUCK BILL AND PAN

February 3, 1987 UT · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Utah Power & Light Company-Mining Division · Struck by powered moving object

I NAME WAS CLEA3ING UP LOOSE COAL FROM IN FRONT OF SHIELDS HIS SHOULDER WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE FACE CONVEYOR. A LARGE BUMP OCCURED AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE CONVEYOR STRUCK THE SHOULDER AND ARM

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