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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 23, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appaloosa Joint Venture-Cimarron Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS WALKING DOWN MAIN HAULAGE WAY TO HIS WORK AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HIS ANKLE WAS SPRAINED BUT HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT. THE NEXT DAY DR RESTRICTED HIM FROM WORK FOR TOW WEEKS

February 5, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appaloosa Joint Venture-Cimarron Exploration Inc · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

I NAME A MINERS HELPER WAS INSTALLING LADDERS UP A MANWAY TO MINING WORK LEVEL. LEVEL IS UP 20 FT ABOVE TRACK HAULAGE DRIFT. NEAR T OP OF THIS MANWAY H E WAS STANDING THE LAST LADDER UP. LADD ON KICKED OUT AND HE FELL DOWN THE MANWAY AND HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER

June 15, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appaloosa Joint Venture-Cimarron Exploration Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS STANDING 2N THE BANK DIRECTING BOBCAT WHILE DUMPING FILL IN CEMENT AND FORMS.THE BANK I WAS STANDING ON GAE WAY AND I FELL ON A ROCK. MY BACK WAS BRUISED AND STRAINED.

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