United States Fuel Company · Struck by falling object
WORKING ON BELT DRIVE WHEN THE BELT DRIVE CONES DROPPED ON INJUREDS HAND AND CUT IT.LEFT AHND CUT BY INDEX FINGER-WILL REQUIRE STITCHES.
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August 7, 1991
UT · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Fuel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS LOADING SCOOP WITH TIMBER-TURNED TO PUT TIMBER IN SCOOP BUCKET,TWISTING HIS KNEE-SAID IT FELT LIKE KNEE POPPED OUT OF PLACE.
United States Fuel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS GETTING OFF COAL HAULER, TURNED AND PULLED ON HOSE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. FELT PAIN IN KNEE AREA.
February 27, 1991
UT · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Fuel Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS INST ALLING A CHOKE CHAIN IN CONVEYOR THROAT OF FEEDER BREAKER AS HE STOOD UP & TURNED TO HIS RT HE HIT HIS HEAD INTO A BELT CHAIN ANCHOR SECUR ED TO THE ROOF HE JAMMED HIS NECK & FELT AMMEACLIARE PAIN IN NECK & RT SHOULDER
February 13, 1991
UT · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Fuel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING TRAMMED OUT OF FACE CUT. EMPL WAS PULLING C/M CABLE SLACK CLEAR OF C/M PATH. HE FELT STRAIN TO RT SHOULDER. THIS IS ACTIVITY THAT EMPL DOES 30 TO 40 TIMES EACH WORKE D SHIFT EMPL CLAIMS HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
January 21, 1991
UT · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Fuel Company · Struck by falling object
EE WAS FILLING C/HAULER WITH BULK ROCK DUST. AS THE LOAD APPROACHED THE "FULL POINT", IT PUSHED THE PUSH PLATE OVER ONTO THE OPERATOR'S FOOT. THE PUSH PLATE WAS NOT SECUDED PROPERLY AND THE OP ERATOR WAS NOT AWARE OF IT.
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