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Years on record
1983–2026
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May 19, 1983 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mulga Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HITTING A RACE ON C.M. GATHERING ARM WITH PUNCH AND HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF STEEL SHEARED OFF RACE AND IMBEDDED IN KNUCKLE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

May 11, 1983 AL · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

INJ WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS AND PLACED HIS HAND ON NEXT TIMBER HE INTENDED TO UNLOAD WHEN HE TUGGED ON THE TIMBER ANOTHER TIMBER DISLODGED AND FRACTURED RT RING FINGER

April 13, 1983 AL · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS LIFTING A TIMBER FROM A PILE AND IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND DROPPED ON HIS THUMB, FRACTURING THE THUMB.

March 7, 1983 AL · Coal timberman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOADING TIMBERS INTO SHUTTLE CAR .BENT OVER TO LIFT TIMBER AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN BACK.DIAG.-RUPTURED DISC.HAD BEEN HAVING BACK PROBLEMS AND WAS WEARING A SUPPORT.

March 2, 1983 AL · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mulga Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING ON A WRECKED COAL CAR WHEN CAR ROLLED BACK, CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & A T-BOARD CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CUT.

February 15, 1983 AL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS GETTING DON FROM A LADDER AFTER AHNGING A PIECE OF CURTAIN WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

January 21, 1983 AL · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
Mulga Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM HAD HISTORY OF HEAR ILLNESS AND REPORTEDLY HADS BEEN UPSET OVER AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AWAY FROM WORK THE PREVIOUS DAY

January 12, 1983 AL · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING REPAIRMAN TAKE COVER OFF THE TOP OF MINER WHEN HE HAD IT SLIP OUT OF HIS HAND CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE MASHED BY THE COVER AGAINST THE MINER

January 10, 1983 AL · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mulga Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED HE WAS IN PROCESS OF PERFORMING TRACK WORK HE STATED HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A SHOVEL BEHIND A MAN WHICH WAS USING A PICK AS HE BENT OVER HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PICK

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