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February 16, 1994 WY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CONSISTANCY-LOOSE DIRT AND SAND WITHA SMALL AMOUNT OF MUD, SOFTBALL SIZED CHUNKS OF CLAY AND HARD DIRT ROCKS ALSO SOFTBALLS SIZED.

January 29, 1994 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM HER PARKED CAR IN THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT WHEN SHE SLIPPED IN THE SNOW AND FELL. SHE HIT HER HEAD ON A PARKED VEHICLE AND WRENCHED HER BACK.

December 27, 1993 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING TO LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON BLACK ICE, CAUGHT HIMSELF IN A CROUCH POSITION EXTENDED HIS LEFT LEG AT 90 DEGREES AND DISLOCATED HIS LEFT HIP.

December 9, 1993 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING OTHER FIX LIGHT ON RIGHT SIDE 154 DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HIS KNEE TWISTED AND POPPED.

November 5, 1993 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON BWE DISCHARGE BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON THE BELT TWICE.

August 25, 1993 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

REACHED FOR GRAB HANDLE TO ENTER CRANE CAB DID NOT GRAB THE HANDLE & FELL FROM DECK OF THE CRANE BRUISED & ABRASION BELOW THE ELBOW RT FOREARM

April 15, 1993 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF 927 SERVICE TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STARTED TO FALL, AT WHICH TIME HE REACHED TO GRAB THE HANDRAIL AND HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN AN EXPANDED META L GUARD.

January 7, 1993 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A RUBBER TIRE DOZER BY MEANS OF A HYDRAULIC STEP. THE HYDRAULIC STEP DROPPED APPROX. 10' AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND.

May 20, 1992 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A D-10 CAT DOZER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FROM THE MACHINE,LANDING ON HIS EXTENDED LEFT HAND.THE EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF THE U LNA AND STRAIN TO THE TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS OF THE LEFT WRIST.

March 24, 1992 WY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF UNIT 23257(MOTOR GRADER). HE SLIPPED ONT HE TOP RUNG OF THE LADDER, STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE DOOR SILL.

December 19, 1991 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM A RUBBER TIRE DOZER WHILE ADDING ANTIFREEZE TO THE TANK ON TOP OF THE DOZER. HIS FALL RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO THE TENDON IN THE RIGHT KNEE AND A LOWER BACK MUSCL E STRAIN.

November 29, 1991 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE BELLY PAN ON A DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED IN GREASE ON THE SHOP FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

October 31, 1991 WY · Coal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SNOWY & WET CONDITIONS. EMPL SLIPPED WHILE PUSHING DOWN ON STEPDOWN OF SURVEYORS TRIPOD & SPRAINED LEFT KNEE. EMERGENCY DR SAID NO WORK FOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK.

October 31, 1991 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON SECOND STEP OF STEP LADDER. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN, HE SLIPPED ON ICY GRATING, FALLING AND STRIKING HIS BACK ON A DOOR STOP.

December 3, 1990 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL CLEANING FLOOR OF DRIVE HOUSE IN PLANT WHEN TRIPPED OVER BUCKET OF WENDON SOLUTION AND IT SPLASHED ON FACE AND INTO EYES CAUSING PAIN AND BLURRED VISION.

September 18, 1990 WY · Coal dispatcher SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS MAINTENANCE BUILDING FLOOR WHEN SHE TRIPPED ON AN AIR HOSE THAT WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR. EE FELL AND SUFFERED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON THE ULNA BONE RIGHT ELBOW.

August 10, 1989 WY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WASHING RADIATOR COMPARTMENT OF D9 AND SLIPPED ON FLOOR AND HIT LEFT HIP ON PART OF BLADE. MUD AND WATER ON FLOOR.

May 7, 1989 WY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING FROM WATER TRUCK TO PUMP TO TURN IT ON TRIPPED OVER TOW CABLE FELL AND JAM MED L ARM DISLOCATING ELBOW.

April 20, 1989 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall down stairs

GOING OUT OF TRAILER AND STEPS PULLED OUT FROM FEET AND FELL INTO TOOL BOX.

February 27, 1989 WY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WLAKING ACROSS THE YARD AREA TO OPEN THE MAIN GATES. IN DOING SO, SHE SLIPPED ON BLACK ICE THAT WAS COVERED WITH RECENT SLIGHT SNOWFALL, FELL AND SUFFERED MUSCLE STRAIN AND CONTU SION TO HER BACK.

January 19, 1989 WY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING FORM BLDG TO DUMPSTER ACROSS PARKING LOT SNOVED ENOUGH TO HIDE PATCH OF ICE WHCH SHE SLIPED AND FELL FROM BRUISED TA2L BONE AND PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN BACK.

December 14, 1988 WY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WASHING BD-180 INDIVIDUAL SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE OF EQUIPMENT & STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON TRUCK. INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOULD TO RIGHT ELBOW.

December 7, 1988 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A WATER TRUCK STEPPED ONTO UNEVEN FROZEN GROUND AND TWISTED HIS RT ANKLE RESULTING IN A SPRAINED ANKLE

November 28, 1988 WY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON 11-14-88 AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. HIGH PRESSURE HOSE CAUSED HIS WRIST TO SNAP ON 11-28-88.

October 27, 1988 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A RUBBER TIRED DOZER IN THE PIT ON TOP OF UNMINED COAL. SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND GRIP AND FELL APPROX. 6 FT TO THE GROUND FRACTURING THE L 1 VERTEBRAE IN HER SPINE.

April 17, 1988 WY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A D9 DOZER WHEN HER FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE DOZER ARM. AS SHE FELL HER BACK CAME IN CONTAT WITH THE OUTER EDGE OF THE DOZER TRACK PAD CAUSING A BRUISE TO HER TAILBONE A B BRUISE NEAR HER SPINE AND A BRUISED KIDNEY.

March 10, 1988 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF A CATERPILLAR SCRAPER AFTER STARTING THE REAR ENGINE HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP CAUSING HHIM TO SLIDE DOWN THE SIDE OF THE SCRAPER HE STRUCK HIS RT ELBOW O N THE HOT SHORT BOX OF THE SCRAPER RESULTING IN A SMALL CUT TO THE RT ELBOW THE INJURY STILL BOTHERED HIM AFTER 1 WEEK SO HE WENT TO THE DR X-RAYS CONFIRMED A CHIPPED RT ELBOW BONE FRAGMENT C

February 21, 1988 WY · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STEPPING DOWN FROM REAR PLATFORM OF LUBE TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED INTO WHEEL RUT RESULTING IN SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

December 31, 1987 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON REAR ENGINE PLATFORM OF A 988 CAT.RUBGBER TIRE & DOZER HIS FEET SLIPED WHEN HE WAS REMOVING THE REAR ENGINE COVER CAUSING HIM TO FALL OVER BACKWARDS APPROX.3TO4FT.TO T HE GROUND-LANDI3G ON HIS LEFT WRIST

December 4, 1987 WY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A 380 MICH.RT DOZER IN NO.END OF COAL PIT DOZER BECAME STUCK IN SOFT COAL FLOOR EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT DOZER BY CRAWLING OVER ENGINE HOOD & AS HE PROCEED HE SLIPPED & GRABBED HOT E3HAUST PIPE BURNING BOTH HANDS

August 5, 1987 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO RIGHT A 6 INCH GORMAN RUPP TRASH PUMP WHICH HAD TIPPED BACKWARD. WHENTHE PUMP SHIFTED EMPLOYEE TRIED TO SAVE HIMSELF FROM FALLING A GRABBED THE MUFLLER RESULTING INM OR SECOND DEGRE9 BURNS TO THE PALM OF EMPLOYEE S LEFT HAND.

July 9, 1987 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WA8HING A HAULAGE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX.ONLY 6FT.

May 11, 1987 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS RE5OCATING PHOTO EYES AT THE TOPS LOADOUT SYSTEM. HE WAS STANDING ON THE 3RD OR 4 TH STEP FROM THE TOP OF A 12 FT LADDER TIGHTENING PHOTO EYE BRACKET. THE LADDER FELL OUT FROM UND DER HIM, CAUSIN1 HIM TO GRAB THE STEEL STRUCTURE. HE SLID SEVERAL FEET BEFORE FALLING 8-9 FT TO THE GROUND.

August 28, 1986 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carter Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING AROUND 6ACK SIDE OF SHOVEL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON SOME UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING SERIOUS SPRAIN.

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