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1983–2026
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October 28, 1995 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & M Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR DISMOUNTED CATERPILLAR SCRAPER #828 (651B) TO DISCUSS CHANGE IN WORK AREA.HIS LEFT FOOT WAS ON FIRM GROUND.WHEN HE PUT WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT HIS RIGHT ANKLE COLLAPSED CAUSING A FRA CTURE.THERE WERE NO ROCKS OR CLODS IN THE AREA AND HE WAS WEARING PROPER LACE UP TYPE BOOTS.GROUND WAS DRY AND WEATHER WAS CLEAR 40 DEGREES.

August 22, 1995 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & M Construction Inc · Struck against stationary object

CHECKING FLUID LEVEL IN RADIATOR ON UNIT 522, PRESSURE NOT ADEQUATELY RELEASED. STEAM CAUSED OPERATOR TO JUMP ONTO ADJACENT TRUCK. OPERATOR LEFT WRIST HIT HOSE REEL CAUSING FRACTURE. STEAM CAU SED 1ST& 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT ARM.

August 16, 1995 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & M Construction Inc · Fall from machine

OEPRATOR WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER BRACKET, WHILE STANDING ON THE TRACK. HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF DOZER AND LANDED ON THE GROUND.

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