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May 5, 1988 IA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HELPING MECHANIC DO REPAIRS ON SCRAPER. HE WAS HELPING LIFT COUPLER DRIVE TO PUT BACK ON MACHINE. ONE OF OTHER PEOPLE SLIPPED & SHIFTED WEIGHT ON INJURED.

March 26, 1988 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE IS A MECHANIC AND WAS WORKING ON 4600 DRAGLINE AND WHILE CARRYING A TORQUE CONVERTOR TO THE DRAGLINE THE LIFTING EYE BOLT BROKE CAUSING THE CONVERTOR TO FALL AND INJURY EMPLOYEE S LEF T FOOT.

November 10, 1987 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN TURNING TO3HOOK-UP A LIFT CHAIN ON THE END-LOADER, I,NAME STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

October 15, 1987 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WHEN I.NAME ENT9RED OLD SHOP ONE OF THE OTHER WORKERS WAS GRINDING & A PIECE OF METAL OR GRINDING WHEEL FLEW & LODGED IN I.NAME LEFT EYE LID AN ATTEMPT TO WASH IT OUT FAILED & THEN A Q-TIP WAS USED TO REM2VE THE PARTICLE I.NAME WAS STILL BOT HERED ON 101687 & WENT TO DOC. TO BE CHECKED

October 2, 1987 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE LEAVING T2E PICKING STATION,A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL BECAME IMBEDDED IN (NAME)EYE.HE TRIED TO FLUSH IT OUT WITH SOLUTION,THIS WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL SO HE WENT TO MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY WHERE THEY ALS2 TRIED TO FLUSH WUTH SOLUTION,THEN DR.ADLER REMOVED IT WITH INSTRUMENTS.

September 22, 1987 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING O3 D-8,EMPLOYEE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION AND IN TRYING TO STAND UP POPPED HIS KNEE OUT OF JOINT...THIS IS APOSSIBLE RE-INJURY FROM AN ACCIDENT SAME EMPLOYEE HAD ON 09/22/86.

May 21, 1987 IA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RU3NING DRAGLINE IT HAS CAUSED HIM TO HAVE PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM.

April 1, 1987 IA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS WORKING ON DOZER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, SPLINTER OF STEEL ENTER EYE AREA.

March 19, 1987 IA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CO4ING OFF DRAGLINE AND SLIPPED CAUSIG INJURY TO HIS ANKLE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED TORN LIGAMENTS,PULLED MUSCLES,AND POSSIBLE BONE DAMAGE TO HIS ANKLE.

March 16, 1987 IA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPL CLIMBIN ON7O DRAGLINE ,THE HANDRAIL BROKE EMPL FELL TO GROUND FALL CAUSED BROKEN ANKLE.

March 5, 1987 IA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING W3TH WRENCH ON MACHINE WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH

March 2, 1986 IA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Fall down stairs

EMPL DESCENDING3PUMP HOUSE STEP AT WASH PLANT AND SLIPPED AND MISSED LAST STEP.EMPL TRIED TO BREAK FALL BY CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HANDS.LANDED WRONG RESULTING IN BREAK LITTLE FING ER ON RIGHT H AND. 3

January 2, 1986 IA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP IS A SCRAPE9 OPERATOR AND WAS HOOKING UP ONE MACHINE TO ANOTHER AT THE TIME AND WAS OUT OF HIS SCRAPER. HE WAS LIFTING CHAIN TO HOOK ON TO ANOTHER MACHINE

April 13, 1985 IA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL DISMOUNTING LOADER MISSTEPPED LANDED WRONG ON SIDE OF HIS FOOT AND SPRAINED ANKLE AND TORE SOME LIGAMENTS.

November 20, 1984 IA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OF DRAGLINE CLIMBING OFF WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL SPRAINING LEFT HAND AND BRUSIING RIGHT LEG.

October 19, 1984 IA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

OPERATOR WAS WALKING ON DRAGLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON DRAGLINE TRACK INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

October 10, 1984 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON DRAGLINE AND LIFTED PARTS WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.

August 21, 1984 IA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS OPERATING D9 DOZER PUSHING DIRT WHEN DOZER CHOKED AND DIED CAUSING DOZER TO ROLL BACKWARD INTO THE PIT AND JARRING OPERATORS BACK.

July 21, 1984 IA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS PUSHING SCRAPERS WITH THE DOZER THEN THE BLADE SLIPPED OFF THE BUMPER CAUSING A JOLT TO THE OPERATOR THUS CAUSING A BRUISED NERVE IN HIS SHOULDER.

June 20, 1984 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL IN DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIS KNEE HIT DOZER ARM

March 8, 1984 IA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SORTING ROCKS FROM COAL AT WASHE PLANT WHEN HIS HAND WAS SMASHED BY A ROCK

February 29, 1984 IA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM DRAGLINE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO BECOME CAUGHT AND SPRAINING IT WHEN HE FELL.

February 25, 1984 IA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE HAS STOPPED HIS MACHINE TO HELP THE MECHANIC DO SOME WORK ON HIS MACHINE AND WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAB HIS LOST HOS FOOTING IN A RUT AND PULLED SOME LIGAMENTS IN HIS BA CK AND SLIPPED TWO DISCS.

January 13, 1984 IA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THERE IS FROST IN THE GROUND & SLATE THAT IS BEING RIPPED BY THE D9H CAT DOZER & THE HARD PULL & THE JERKING & JAMMING OF THE MACHINEHAS PUT THE BACK OUT OF PLACE OF THE EE.

November 19, 1983 IA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

AN INJECTION LINE CAME OFF AND IT CAUSED AN ENGINE FIRE.

November 2, 1983 IA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ROLLING UP THE WINDOW ON DYNAMITE TRUCK ACCIDENTLY SHUT DOOR ON HAND.

November 2, 1983 IA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck by flying object

TAKING NUT OFF OF HOUSE ROLLERS ON DRAGLINE WITH HAMMER AND PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF GOING INTO RIGHT LEG

September 14, 1983 IA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

D8 CAT JERKED PULLING 2 DISCS & RIBS OUT OF PLACE.

September 9, 1983 IA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A SHAFT BROKE ON THE 4600 MANITOWOC DRAGLINE THE MACHINE WAS BEING TORE-DOWN TO REMOVED BROKEN PARTS AND REPLACE THEM WITH NEW W50 TON JACK USED TO LIFT UP THE HOUSSE OF THE DRAGLINE TO EXPOSE ALL THE INTERNAL GEARS ETC TO MAKE REPAIRS SLIPPED OR LET GO AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE

July 6, 1983 IA · Coal welder (shop) ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

RECEIVED INNER EAR PROBLEMS WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE WORKING ON SCRAPER IN THE RAIN

June 1, 1983 IA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Iowa Coal Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE HOIST CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE BROKE AND CAME BACK ON THE OPERATOR

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