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June 17, 1991 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ON JUNE 17-1991 THE VICTIM TOOK A DIFFERENT ROUTE THAN THE REST OF EXPLORATORY DRILL CREW AND HIS 1978 FORD 4X4 VAN GOT STUCK IN A MUD HOLE ON AN UNIMPROVED ROAD. IT IS SPECULATED HE GOT COLD AND STARTED AN ONAN GEN SET IN THE BACK OF THE VAN TO RUN A SMALL ELECTRIC HEATER. THE BACK CARGO DOORS OF THE VAN WERE OPEN BUT THE FRONT DOORS WERE CLOSED THERE WAS A HOLD 1/2 WIDE BY 1 1/2

July 5, 1986 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMERGENCY SPILL4AY BEING CONSTRUCTED AT TAILINGS POND #3.DURING LOADER CYCLE WHERE DIRT BEING MOVED FROM SPILLWAY BOTTOM,VICTIM CHECKING GRADE IN SPILLWAY BOTTOM.APPEARS THAT VICTIM MOVED TOO CLOSE TO LOADE9 CYCLE.WHEN LOADER BACKED OUT OF BANK,REAR BUMPER HIT DECEASED KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND JUST BEFORE RIGHT REAR TIRE RAN OVER HIM.

May 21, 1986 NM · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · MACHINERY
Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN THE 206 AREA3OF PIT 001-0, AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A SCHEDULED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE DAY ON THE PAGE 752 LR DRAGLINE. AFTER COM PLETING THE WOR5 ACTIVITY OF INSTALLING A NEW PUMP ROPE AND THEN PREPARING TO TURN THE DRAG SOCKET AND TRI-PLATE ASSEMBLY OVER TO WELD ON A PIN KEEPER, THE DUMP ROPE SLIPPED OFF OF THE BUCKET

March 7, 1986 UT · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Kaiser Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

THE SERVICE ENG3NEER FOR HALBACH AND BRAUN WAS LOOKING AT THE CRUSHER WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OVER PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE CRUSHER

April 9, 1985 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Kaiser Coal Corp · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE POLARITY OF THE TRANSFORMER BY REVERSING THE INCOMING POWER LEADS HE MADE CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE WHICH RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES

April 8, 1985 NM · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Kaiser Coal Corp Of York Canyon · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE VICTIM WAS HANDLING THE ELECTRICAL CABLE ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE RIGHT RIB THE CONVEYOR BOOM SWUNG TO THE RIGHT STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE NECK AND HEAD AREA

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