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July 28, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Prairie Mining Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HANDS IN BELTS AND FELL INTO THE BED OF THE STOCKPILE TRUCK.

September 3, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Prairie Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH WHEN HOT METAL SLAB FELL INTO RIGHT BOOT.

July 13, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Prairie Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL REPLACING 1" STEEL PLATE IN IMPACTOR AND BURNED HIMSELF WITH A CUTTING TORCH.

July 10, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prairie Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF ROCK TRUCK, TRIPPED AND FELL OFF TRUCK. FELL APPROX. * FEET TO GROUND. HEAD STRUCK GROUND FRACTURED LEFT WRIST TORE RIGHHT EAR CARTILAGE AND LACERATIONS TO RIGHT SID E OF HEAD.

March 24, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Prairie Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY APPLYING BELT DRESSING, OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY STARTED THE BELT. EMPLOYEES HAND CAUGHT IN DRIVE PULLEY ON HEAD PULLEY.

October 4, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prairie Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE ROCK TRUCK (CAT 773) HEHAD PARKED TO THE CRUSHER WHEN HE FELL & HURT HIS LEFT ELBOW. AS PART OF HIS JOB, HE WAS TO START THE CRUSHER CONVEYOR EACH TIME HE WAS TO DUMP A LOAD OF ROCK.

September 7, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prairie Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING BROKEN BOLT FROM TRACK OF AIRTRACK DRILL.PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF PUNCH USED TO REMOVE BOLT AND STOCK IN LEFT HAND.

March 23, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator ELECTRICAL
Prairie Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING DRILL.CLAIMS ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRED IN MACHINE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO JUMP OFF MACHINE,HIT WALL AND INJURE BACK AND SHOULDER.

June 23, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator OTHER
Prairie Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELL OVER DEAD 0ROM HEART ATTACK.

December 2, 1985 KS · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Prairie Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

PUTTING ROOF BO5T INTO ROOF DROPPED ROOF BOLT ONTO FINGER SMASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON TIP

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