THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE CAB SUPPORTS OVER THE CONVEYOR BOOM. HIS LEG ACTIVATED THE BOOM CONTROL AND THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE BOOM PINCHED HIM BETWEENM THE BOOM AND CAB ROOF
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January 4, 1984
UT · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Plateau Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
January 28, 1983
UT · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Plateau Mining Company · Struck by falling object
AS EMPL ATTEMPTED TO OBSERVE MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH C.M. PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPL AND PUSHING HIM INTO C.M.
January 13, 1983
UT · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Plateau Mining Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
EMPL LEFT DOZER AND WALKED OUT ONTO COAL STOCKPILE SURFACE.SURFACE COLLAPSED INTO DRAW-OFF DOORS,PULLING VICTIM INTO VOID COVERING HIM WITH COAL.
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