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1983–2026
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August 9, 1996 AL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Kodiak Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

WHIILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS ACTING AS A FLAGMAN, HE WAS HIT BY A PULL ROPE WHICH BROKE WHILE PULLING A DISABLE SHUTTLE CAR. THE EMPLOYE EWAS HIT ON THE LEFT ARM AND DISLOCATED HIS ELBOW.

August 3, 1996 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kodiak Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WORKER WAS MOVING ROCK AND DIRT ON THE SURFACE AND WITH HIS BUCKET LOADED TO ONE SIDE, RAISED BUCKET TO DUMP PAYLOAD CAUSING FRONT END LOADER TO OVERTURN ON ITS SIDE. WORKER SUFFERED SPRAIN KN EE AND LOADER WAS NOT DAMAGED.

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