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August 20, 1998 WY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE USING A 4" ANKLE AIR GRINDER, THE EMPLOYEE HAD A RUST PARTICLE ENTER HIS LEFT EYE.

July 27, 1998 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STANDING O WOOD PUTTING A BEVEL ON PIPE WITH GRINDER FOOT SLIPPED HE FELL TAKING THE GRINDER WITH HIM AND GRINDER HIT KNEE

July 2, 1998 WY · Coal Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAULAGE TRUCK DRIVER AND PICKUP DRIVER MET ON THE DUMP TO SWAP PLACES DURING LUNCH. AFTER THE EXCHANGE, THE HAULAGE TRUCK DROVE OVER THE PICKUP RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE PICKUP DRIV ER.

June 14, 1998 WY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE HAD MOUNTED THE 290 B SHOVEL AND WAS PULLING THE LADDER UP STRAINED CHEST AND SHOULDER MUSCLES.

May 17, 1998 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING PLACE A STEPLADDER ON THE GROUND FROM THE OVER-BURDEN DRILL DECK PLATFORM- LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FIVE FEET TO THE GROUND.

April 27, 1998 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO INSTRUCTIONS IN PIB NO 97-25 AND IS BASED SOLEY ON A CLAIM OF ILLNESS NOT ON ANY DETERMINATION BY THE UNDERSIGNED THAT THIS ILLNESS IS REPORTABLE UNDER CFR 50.20.

March 31, 1998 WY · Coal welder (shop) DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Triton Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WELDING IN THE SHOP WHILE WEARING AN AUTOMATIC HOOD. THE TINTED LENS WAS TOO WEAK AND HE RECEIVED WELD FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.

December 28, 1997 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS REACHING FOR THE SHOP DOOR ACTIVATION BUTTON & CUT HIS RIGHT WRIST ON A SHARP PIECE OF EXPOSED STEEL PIPE.

December 18, 1997 WY · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE STOOD UP FROM WELDING AND KNEE TWISTED DUE TO GRAVEL UNDERFOOT. HE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND AND HELD KNEE FOR A FEW MOMENTS.

December 18, 1997 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO ME ON DECEMBER 18, 1997 THAT HE WAS TAKING MEDICATION FOR REPEATED TRAUMA AND HIS DR. SAID IT WAS PROBABLY WORK RELATED.

November 17, 1997 WY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGHT HE MAINTENCE SHOP. HE STEPPED IN AN UNEVEN PLACE IN THE FLOOR AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

November 4, 1997 WY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SITTING ON BUCKET WELDING AT A SLIGHT ANGLE.

October 1, 1997 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE GRINDING ON METAL AND FLYING DEBRIS GOT INTO EYE - WINDY DAY - EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

September 27, 1997 WY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STOOD A 2X4 BOARD ON END AGAINST STRUCTURE AND IT FLEW DOWN ON LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER.

September 12, 1997 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DISMOUNTING HAUL TRUCK LADDER. HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND WITH HIS LEFT LEG. BUT HIS RIGHT LEG WAS STILL UP ON THE LADDER. HE TWISTED HIS BODY ADN TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

September 8, 1997 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PULL A PIECE OF 2" X 30' WIRE ROPE. HE PICKED THE CABLE UP WITH HIS ARMS & STRAINED HIS BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

April 30, 1997 WY · Coal OTHER
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WIND BLOWN DUST OR ROCK EMBEDDED ON AND IN EYE

February 13, 1997 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WAS FLIPPING A PIECE OF IRON, IRON GOT AWAY COMING DOWN SMASHING LEFT INDEX FINGER SPLITING SKINAPPROX. 2", SPLIT TOOK 16 STITCHES.

December 31, 1996 WY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company · Struck by flying object

GINDING WELDS ON HAUL TRUCK BODY W/ELECTRIC GRINDER 5" SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD BEING UTILIZED. AFTER GRINDING NOTICED PIECE OF MATERIAL IN RIGHT EYE.

December 3, 1996 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Triton Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND BECAME DIZZY AND NAUSEATED. SYMPTOMS OF CARBON MONOXIDE. HOWVE, NONE WAS DETECTED. OXYGEN WAS GIVEN AND SYMPTONS DISAPPEARED. EMERGENCY ROOM CHECKED HIM, AND GAVE HIM A FULL RELEASE.

October 31, 1996 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

OPERATOR WAS WAITING FOR TRUCKS WHEN HE SPOTTED SMOKE COMMING FROM AN ABANDONDED DITCH WHERE WASTE COAL HAD BEEN DUMPED. HE GOT OFF HIS MACHINE TO EXAMINE THE AREA. WHEN THE FROZEN GROUND HE W AS STANDING ON GAVE WAY, HE SUFFERED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS LEGS.

October 7, 1996 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE STEPPED OFF THE EQUIPMENT HE WAS WORKING ON AND HIS KNEE GAVE OUT.

March 4, 1996 WY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler ELECTRICAL
Triton Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO REPLACE A 120 V DC INSTRUMNENTATION BULB ON A CONTROL PANEL IN THE CAB OF A 290B B.E. SHOVEL, WHEN HE TOUCHED THE BURNED OUT BULB AN ARC FLASH BURNED HIS FINGERS.

December 15, 1995 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING A TOP STRUT PIN FORM A 190 TON TRUCK WHEN HIS THUMB BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIN AND THE TRUCK FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION.

October 18, 1995 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING PLASTIC TIES OFF VALVE STEMS.

September 29, 1995 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING 7200 VOLT TRAILING CABLE WHILE CABLE REEL WAS PULLING IN THE SLACK. WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT TENSION ON THE CABLE, HE DROPPED IT. THE CABLE TRIPPED HIM. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANC E AND FELL, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

July 6, 1995 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PUMP CABLE JACKET TO INSTALL CABLE COULER. WHILE HOLDING JACKE TWITH LEFT HAND AND CUTTING IWTH UTLITY KNIFE IN RIGHT HAND, KNIFE SLIPPE DAND CUT OTP OF LEFT HAND.

June 22, 1995 WY · Coal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE A LARGE HAUL TRUCK AXLE BOX & CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON A HOSE CLAMP

June 7, 1995 WY · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Triton Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE INJURED HAD JUST INSTRUCTED THE LOADER OPERATOR TO GET INTO MACHINE AND GO DOWN AND GET A LOAD OF TIES AFTER WHICH EMPLOYEE WALKED AROUND TO THE RIGHT FRONT OF MACHINE TO WITHIN 10' O F RIGHT FRONT TIRE. HE THEN CROUCHED DOWN TO LOOK AT TRAIN GOING OVER THE TRACK. THE OPERATOR OFTHE LOADER STARTED TO MOVE LOADER. HE DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE CROUCHED AND STRUCK HIM W/FRONT TIRE

May 28, 1995 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A D-10 TRACK DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED FROM THE TOP DECK TO THE TRACK, AND FROM THE TRACK TO THE GROUND. CONDITIONS WERE WET AND MUDDY.

April 15, 1995 WY · Coal FIRE
Triton Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A BELT CONVEYOR FIRE WAS DISCOVERED AT 510 AM AND EXTINGUISHED APPROX. ONE HOUR LATER. DAMAGE INCLUDED 230 FEET OF BOLTING HEAD AND TAKE UP PULLEYS AND SYSTEMS ELECTRICAL CONTROL AND CONDUIT T O CONVEYOR NUMBER 2,3,AND 17. ALSO STRUCTURE PARTS OF CONVEYOR 2.

October 25, 1994 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A BRACKET DEVICE THAT IS USED TO INSTALL A HAULAGE TRUCK DED DUMP CYLINDER. A FORK TRUCK IS USED TO HOLD THE BRACKET. EE FAILED TO RELIEVE THE UP PRESSURE OF THE FORK TRUCK. ST ARTED REMOVING THE BRACKET FROM THE CYLINDER, THE BRACKET CAME APART AND HIT HIM IN THE CHIN.

September 25, 1994 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING RADIATOR HOSE ON A FRONT END LOADER. HOT COOLANT SPRAYED ON EMPLOYEE'S STOMACH, CHEST, ARMS, AND LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

August 6, 1994 WY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company · Struck by flying object

GRINDING OVERHEAD. FELT PAIN AFTER SHIFT. WENT TO DOCTOR AT 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. DOCTOR REMOVED PIECE OF METAL WITH MAGNET. PARTIAL VISION AT PRESENT TIME.

June 2, 1994 WY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Triton Coal Company · Rubbed or abraded

KNEELING ON SHOP FLOOR WORKING ON EQUIPMENT WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN KNEE.

May 19, 1994 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

ELMPLOYEE WAS CLEANIGN WINDOWS INSIDE HTE CAB OF A RUBBER TIRE DOZER. HE THREW A PAPER TOWEL OUT THE DOOR WINDOW AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB ON THE WINDOW OR WINDOW RAIL.

May 17, 1994 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A 1 INCH IMPACT SOCKET WRNEHC TO REMOVE WHEEL LUG NUTS. THE SOCKET RETAINING O RING CAME OUT OF POISITON ALLOWING THE KEEPER PIN TO COME OUT SOME. EE WAS SUPPORTING THE WEIGHT OF THE WRNECH WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE SPINNING SOCKET AND PIN CAUSED THE INJURY.

April 5, 1994 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. A MISSED SWING CAUSED THE HANDLE TO HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.

January 1, 1994 WY · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triton Coal Company · Fall from piled material

EMPLOYEE INVESTIGATING FIRE IN OPEN PIT MINE FROM OBSERVATION POINT ON TOP OF 6 TO 8 INCH BERM. SLIPPED IN MUD COMING OFF BERM AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

December 8, 1993 WY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triton Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING A SLEDGE HAMMER AGAINST AN OVERBURDEN DRILL BIT, AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL SPUN OFF AND EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT WRIST.

July 16, 1993 WY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Triton Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OVERHEAD ON A SHOVEL BUCKET IN THE PIT A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WAS WIND BLOWN UNDER HIS SHIELD & INTO HIS LEFT EYE

May 3, 1993 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Triton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ENTERING DRIVER'S SIDE OF LUBE TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED INTO CAB, WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT CAUSING SHARP CORNER OF DOOR TO LACERATE LEFT THIGH APPROX. 3/4" REQUIRING 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE LACERATIO N.

April 6, 1993 WY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIING A HAMMER WRENCH WITH A 6LB HAMMER TO LOOSEN NUT ON CROWD BRAKE ON P&H 2300 SHOVEL UPON IMPACT HAMMER SLIPPED OFF WRENCH PINCHING RT HAND BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE & BRACING BE AM ON SHOVEL BOOM

January 20, 1993 WY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP WALL GIRTS ON A BUILDING AND HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLE.

December 7, 1992 WY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PREPARING A COAL SAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS, THE EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A RIFFLE BUCKET, OVER-STRETCHED, CAUSING A PULLED NECK MUSCLE AND A PINCHED NREVE IN THE BACK, BETWEEN AND ABOVE THE S HOULDER BLADES.

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