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July 13, 2011 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was cleaning out a bed of a pick up truck after completing a task. In the process he pinched his left forearm between a thirty pound transition pipe and the truck bed. This caused a laceration to his left forearm which required five sutures to close.

October 17, 2008 WY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

A haul truck driver states she was injured when the truck she was driving traveled over rough roads. The motion of the truck caused back pain. As a result, a physician prescribed pain medication, physical therapy, and time away from work.

November 18, 2002 WY · Coal coal sampler POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

TRAVELING TO FAST FOR CONDITIONS RESULTED IN VEHICLE ROLL OVER. PASSENGER CHRISTI TAYLOR, SUSTAINED FRACTURED LEFT FEMUR AND RIGHT ANKLE.

November 18, 2002 WY · Coal coal sampler POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR ROAD CONDITIONS RESULTED IN VEHICLE ROLLOVER. DRIVER SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST.

February 14, 2002 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF SCRAPER, ROLLED OVER 1 TIME. AT THIS POINT IN TIME REASONS ARE UNKNOWN.OPERATOR RECEIVED A CONCUSSION & LACERATIONS TO THE TOP FRONT OF HIS HEAD.

December 25, 2001 WY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

ON 12/25/01 EE WAS JARRED IN HER HAUL TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED BY A SHOVEL. SHE WENT TO SEE DR & RET'D TO WORK WITH FULL RELEASE. SHE CON'T WORKING BUT WE (THE EMPLOYER) REQUESTED A 2ND OPINION & MRI. THE MRI REVEALED SEVERE DETERATION OF LOW CERVICAL AREA & IT WAS RECOMMENDED OF THE ORTHAPEDIC SURGEON THAT SHE NOT RUN EQUIPMENTAS SHE COULD BE PARALZYED IF THE RIGHT CONDITION

August 25, 2001 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE PULLED HIS TRUCK UNDERNEATH THE SHOVEL TO GETIT LOADED. THE SHOVEL LOST POWER AS IT WAS SWINGING INTO HIS TRUCK AND THE BUCKET HIT THE TRUCK BED, JARRING THE OPERATOR. HIS NECK WAS SORE AND STIFF. HE CONTINUED WORKING.

February 12, 2000 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TO BLAST PATTERN IN HIS VEHICLE AT THE BULK STORAGE SITE. THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE ROADWAY APPROX 1050 FT FROM THE BULK STORAGE AREA. EMPLOYEE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF HOW THIS HAPPENED AND THERE WERE NO WITTNESSES. EMPLOYEE WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS. ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE MINING EQUIPMENT.

January 16, 2000 WY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
Cordero Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK, HAULING DIRT. HE BACKED UP TO DUMPS THE LOAD. HE RAISED THE BED AND PULLED FORWARD AS THE DIRT YEARD THE BID, HE STOPPED. THE FRONT THE TRUCK CAME DOWN WITH FORCE, JARRING JIM IN HIS SEAT HE REACH A COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO HIS BACK.

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