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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 4, 1984 KS · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A MOTOR MOUNTING. A BRACE OF ANGLE IRON WAS UNDER THE MOTOR AND GAVE WAY. FLEW UP AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS ARM.

August 29, 1984 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DUMP CABLE ON 380W DRAGLINE DUMP BUCKET. WHILE PULLING ON CABLE, EMPLOYEE STATED HE HURT HIS BACK.

June 13, 1984 OK · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF WATER ONTO LOADER AND HURT HIS BACK.

March 14, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

IS A MECHANIC WORKING ON PIECE OF DOWNED EQUIPMENT AND CUT TWO FINGERS

February 1, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING REPAIR PART-GEAR-TO PUT INTO DRAGLINE AND HURT HIS BACK.

November 28, 1983 KS · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN AIR POT CYLINDER FROM THE FLOOR TO THE SWING TRANSMISSION.

September 13, 1983 KS · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ANGLE IRON ON MAIN MACHINERY FRAME AND IT SLID OFF SPRING BOLT AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.

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