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April 22, 1993 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE BARRING A CHUNK OF COAL OUT OF THE FEEDER BREAKER AREA ON THE EAST TRUCK DUMP, EMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST CHAIN HOOK ON THE HANDRAIL.

November 6, 1991 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Antelope Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE DISMOUNTING A TRACK DOZER THE MECHANIC SLIPPED ON ICE ONT HE C FRAME OF THE DOZER, CAUSING HIS FOOT AND LEG TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE C FRAME AND THE TRACK. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTU RE TO HIS LEFT LEG, BETWEEN THE ANKLE AND KNEE. EMERGENCY TEAM WAS CALLED BY HIS PARTNER AND HE WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO CASPER HOSPITAL.

October 8, 1991 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by flying object

HOSE CLAMP ON WATER HOSE BLEW BACK, CUTTING LEFT THUMB REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.

May 31, 1991 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CUTTING PAN GASKET WITH KNIFE, WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND INSIDE JUST BELOW THUMB. REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

May 12, 1991 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING OFF THE BACK OF LUBE TRUCK PULLED ACHILLES TENDON.

February 19, 1991 WY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REMOVING NUT FROM A BOLT WRENCH SLIPPED OF AND RIGHT INDEX FINGER HIT COVER ON 4 SQ BOX CAUSING LACERATION TO FINGER WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

October 2, 1990 WY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE USING THE HOSE ON THE BACK OF THE WATER WAGON TO CLEAN THE TUNNEL AREA OF THE OUT-OF-PIT CONVEYOR JOB ENTAILS CRAWLING IN A RESTRICTED SPACE & STAYING CROUCHED O R BENT OVER FOR A SHORT PERIOD WATER H OSE IS A 1IN DIAMETER & BOTH EMPLOYEES WORKED TOGETHER IN HANDLING IT I NAME STRAINED HER BACK FROM OVEREXERTION REINJURING A PREVIOUS UNREPORTED BACK S

August 16, 1990 WY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS HELPING TRO MOVE WATER LINES TO HELP SUCTION WATER OUT OF PIT WITH A WATER PUMP SHE FELT A PAIN BUT DIDNT REPORT IT TO HER SUPERVISOR CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BACK & FINALLY WENT TO DOC & HE TOOK HER OFF WORK AS OF SEPT 161990 SHE REPORTED IT HAPPENED AT HOME

July 3, 1990 WY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING FENCE GATE USING A CLOSURE HANDLE. IT DID NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY AND WHEN HE LET GO OF IT TO LOCK GATE IT SPRANG BACK AND HIT HIM ON R EYE BROW AND BRIDGE OF NOSE, KNOCKING OFF SAFETY GLASSES. REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.

October 13, 1989 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING A COME-A-LONG AND THE HANDLE SWUNG AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE CHIN.

September 25, 1989 WY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING BOOM PINS FROM 4100 POINT SECTION AS LAST PIN WAS DRIVEN OUT BY EMPL POINT SECTION CAME UP & FORCED LEG TO RAISE & BEND OUT WARD FROM BODY & SPRAINED ANKLE.

September 21, 1989 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE DISCONNECTING A DISCHARGE HOSE FROM A PORTABLE WATER PUMP, THE HOSE EXPELLED HOT WATER AND STEAM ON THE EE S LEFT ARM, BOTH HANDS AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

September 11, 1989 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING FILE DRAWERS, CAUSED STRAIN TO GROIN AREA LED TO INFLAMATION AND MILD INFECTION

August 12, 1989 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING STRAP METAL TO METAL RACK WHEN MATERIAL SLIPPED AND PINCHED EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECE OF METAL CAUSING INJURY TO EMPLOYEES PINKY FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

July 1, 1989 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING FUEL PUMP IN A PICK UP WHEN EE LEANED OVER AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIB CAGE.

June 15, 1989 WY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by flying object

OPERATING GRINDER GRINDING PARTICLES GOT IN BOTH EYES ANTIBIOTICS WERE PRESCRIBED

June 1, 1989 WY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING METAL WHEN METAL FLAKE GOT IN LEFT EYE, FOREIGN BODY WAS EMBEDDED.

May 17, 1989 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME TOOK HIS HAMMER TO KNOCK THE MASTER LINK DOWN SO THAT THE DOZER BLADE WOULD CLEAR IT. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE MASTER LINK STRIKING I.NAME'S RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER. AT THAT TIME H IS HAND WAS BANDAGED , ALLOWING HIM TO CONTINUE UNTIL QUITTING TIME. DR. WAS CALLED IN EVENING AND HE CAME TO CLINIC AND STITCHED I.NAME'S HAND WITH 6 STITCHES. NO TIME LOST.

April 3, 1989 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW DIRT INTO R EYE DIRT WAS REMOVED AND DR GAVE EMPL 2 DAYS SUPPLY OF EYE DROPS TO USE NOT ANTLOPE COAL DID NOT KNOW OF THE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION GIVEN TO THE EMPL U NTIL 4-20-89 THE EMPL ORIGINALLY STATED THAT HE WAS GIVEN AN OVER THE COUNTER OINTMENT

September 22, 1988 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Antelope Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS ARC WELDING IN A 12FTX12FT HOPPER WITH 3 OTHER WELDERS EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A FULL FACE WELDING HOOD DUE TO REFLECTED ARC COMING FROM AREA AT THE EDGE OF THE HEAD THE EMPLOYEE REC EIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES INJURY BECAME APPARENT AFTER SHIFT ENDED

October 21, 1987 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Antelope Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

NEGLIGENCE ON P5RT OF EMPLOYEE HE WAS TOLD AT SAFETY MEETINGS THAT THE WEARING OF SEAT BELTS WAS MANDATORY JOB ABANDONEDMENT SEE ATTACHED SHEET

October 8, 1987 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Antelope Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER OPERATO9 WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION FOLLOWED HAUL TRUCK UP THE HILL AND WHEN HAUL TRUCK TURNED TO DUMP SCRAPER PAN INTO THE SIDE OF HIM WK HAD BEEN RUNNING THIS RT FOR 2 DAYS BEFORE WE S TARTED I TOLD E5ERYBODY TO MAKE THEIR SCRAPER ROAD AROUND THE TRUCKS LEAVING THEM PLENTY OF ROOM TO TURN AROUND SCRAPER SHOULDNNT HAVE BEEN IN THAT AREA SCRAPER OPERATOR SOLEY AT FAULT

September 29, 1987 WY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS LIFTING3A CAN OF COAL WEIGHING APPROX 35 LBS WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

September 11, 1987 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

POURING CONCRET9,CHEMICALS IN CONCRETE CAUSED BURNS.

September 11, 1987 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

POURING CONCRET9, CHEMICALS IN CONCRETE CAUSED BURNS TO LEGS. BOOTS WRE NOT HIGH ENOUGH.

September 11, 1987 WY · Coal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

POURING CONCRET9, CHEMICALS IN CONCRETE CAUSED BURNS TO LEGS. BOOTS WERE NOT HIGH ENOUGH.

August 25, 1987 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Antelope Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED BETWEEN3CRACK OF MANLIFT AND PLATFORM ON GROUND LEVEL.BRUISED OR TORN LIGAMENTS BACK KNEE.

August 20, 1987 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Antelope Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

POUNDING NAILS 2UT OF OLD LUMBAR,STEPPED ON A 2X4 THAT HAD A NAIL STICKING UP.THE NAIL WENT INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT FOOT.

August 10, 1987 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP 3 LOYEE TURNED ON A HYRAULICALLY OPERATED,ROLLING VEHICLE GATE.WHEN THE GATE DID NOT OPEN THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP OF THE GATE AB OUT 6" FROM A 1UIDE ROLLER AND GRASPED THE BODY OF THE GATE WITH HIS RIGHT HANBD.WHEN HE JERKED THE GATE IT OPENED UNDER THE PORCE OF THE HYDRALIC MOTOR CARRYING HIS LEFT HAND THE ROLLER.SEVE

August 4, 1987 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Antelope Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING VIBRATOR,2AD CORD TIED TO WAIST.BUGGY CAME BY,CAUGHT HIS CORD AND KNOCKED HIM OFF HIS FEET.

July 14, 1987 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING A B2LT WITH ARATCHET WRENCH PUTTING STRESS ON RATCHET WRENCH CAUSING RATCHET TO SLIP FROM BOLT,CAUSING ARM TO BE THROWN THROUGH A WIRE BEING USED TO TEMPORARILY HOLD IN PLACE A SCA FFOLD ROD.SLASH3JUST ABOVE RIGHT ELBOW ON FOREARM.RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK WAS SCRAPED AND BRUISED.

October 19, 1986 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING 8UST INSULATION MATERIAL WITH A POCKET KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

July 7, 1986 WY · Coal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ASSISTING 3N BODY WORK ON COMPANY VEHICLE WHEN PORTA-POWER JACK HE WAS USING SLIPPED PINNING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN JACK AND VEHICLE FRAME.RESULTING INJURY WAS BROKEN BONE OF FINGER TIP AND LACERA7ION.CORRECTED BY SETTING BREAK AND SUTURING CUT.FX WAS SIMPLE FX.

June 30, 1986 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHEN REMOVING S5MPLE CAN ABOUT 60LBS FROM CAN STATION VICTIM REPORTED FEELING A TWINGE IN HIS BACK OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY, THIS DEVELOPED INTO IMMOBILIZING PAIN. DR DIAGNOSED AS PINCHED N ERVE. 3

October 12, 1983 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TIMBERS FROM RAILROAD CROSSING WHEN TIMBER FGELL CRUSHING END OF THIRD FINGER OF RIGHT HAND

June 22, 1983 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING WITH AIR JACK WHEN AIR LINE BROKE AND HIT ANTONIO IN TESTICALS

February 1, 1983 WY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Antelope Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING MYLAR BLUEPRINT WITH AN EXACTO KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED PUNCTURING THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER

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