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April 30, 1996 MT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Big Sky Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING HAUL TRUCK DOWN HAUL ROAD. EE WAS GOING BACK TO THE PIT EMPTY UP THE DIVIDE. A PHEASANT FLEW IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK, AND EE TRIED TO SWERVE TRUCK TO MISS THE BIRD. TRUCK HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD AND JARRED EE UP TOWARD THE CEILING AND HE HIT HIS RIGHT UPPER EYE AND FOREHEAD AGAINST A DOME LIGHT. LACERATION TO RT. UPPER EYE & FOREHEAD, 10 STITCHES.

July 18, 1994 MT · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Sky Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

IT WAS REPORTED THAT EE (GRADER OPERATOR ON 1ST SHIFT) WAS OPERATING #104 (150TON DART) HAULAGE TRUCK EE WAS RUNNING HAUL TRUCK THROUGH THE B-0 SPOIL HAUL RD WHEN HE LOOKED BACK INTO THE SIDE MIRROR FOR HIS TRAILER IN THE PROCESS THE FRONT RAZN OVER A LARGE ROCK FROM THE SPOIL LAYING ALONG SIDE OF ROAD THE HAUL TRUCK JARRED VIOLENTLY & EE STRUCK HIS RT ELBOW AGAINST THE AIR CONDITI

March 3, 1989 MT · Coal supply man, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Big Sky Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IT WAS REPORTED, THAT I,NAME AND A FELLOW MECHANIC WERE UNHOOKING TRAILER (LOADED WITH A 1845 C CASE SKID LOADER) FROM A F-350 1988 FORD PICKUP. I,NAME HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ONTOP OF BALL HITCH O N TRAILER AND AS HE UNHOOKD HE TRAILER FROM PICKUP TRUCK IT RAISED UP SUDDENLY AND HIT STEP ON REAR OF F-350 FORD PICKUP SUPPLY TRUCK. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF BALL HITCH AND UNDE

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