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August 15, 1994 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS WORKING O THE DRAGLINE ROPE HE WAS PULLING THE ROPE & DID NOT KNOW THE ROPE WAS STUCK ON A ROCK HE STRAINED HIS GROIN AREA

May 19, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HLEPING TO SLIDE A DRAGLINE CABLE WHEN CHANGING THE CABLE AND HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO HIS SUPER. OR OFFICE UNTIL WED. 7-7-93.

September 14, 1992 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WENT TO LOOSEN THE CLAMPS ON A PUMP AND THE PUMP PRESSURE POPPED THE PUMP HOSE OFF. HOT STEAM WENT ON HIS BACK AND RIGHT ARM.

August 11, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

55061S WORKING ON A R-50 TRUCK HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE MIRROR OF THE TRUCK & CUT OPEN THE TOP OF HIS HEAD

January 15, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME HELPING HOIST HYDRAULIC PUMP ON A R-50 THRUCK.STRAINED HIS BACK AND NECK MUSCLES.

May 1, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS OPERATING HIS LOADER WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER I NAME RUN A PIECE OF PLASTIC IN HIS HAND FROM THE LOADER SEAT

June 15, 1988 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE FOUR LEAF ON A 4600 MANITOWOC DRAGLINE WHEN THE FOUR LEAF DROPPED TO THE GROUND, IT FLOPPED OVER AND HIT EMPLOYEE,S LFEFT FOOT.

June 7, 1988 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A DRAGLINE CABLE AND WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HE COULDN'T STAND RIGHT AND HIS BACK HURT.

May 3, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I,NAME WAS GREASING A EUCLID TRUCK & WAS BACKING UP WITH THE GREASE CART AND HE BACKED INTO THE EUCLID BUMPER WITH THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

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