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November 30, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 11-30-87 THE3LUBE TRUCK OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING UP ON PUSH ARM OF DOZER IN ORDER TO FUEL UP TANK. WHEN HE RAISED HIS LEG UP HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK HE WORKED THRU 12-3-87 AND MISSED WORK FROM 12-4-87 T2RU 12-7-87.

October 3, 1986 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING3HYDRAULIC HOSE ON LUBA TRUCK, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

September 30, 1986 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PLACING T2E SHIVE FROM THE FAIRLEAD-OF THE 4600 DRAGLINE-ON THE BED OF THE MECHANICS TRUCK THE SHIVE SLIPPED & PINCHED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED & SHIVE.

May 1, 1986 PA · Coal supply man, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUPPLYMAN WAS C5EANING BATHOUSE. AS HE WAS LEANING OVER CLEANING A COMMODE, HIS BACK WENT OUT.

December 5, 1985 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS INSTALLING DIRT GUARDS UNDER THE DRUM SHAFT ASSEMBLY OF A MANITOWOC MODEL 4600 SERIAL #46419 A PARTICLE OF METAL FELL INTO HIS RT EYE

April 30, 1985 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HI-LIFT OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP 6" RUBBER SUCTION HOSE CLOGGED UPBY COAL IN SUMP. AS HE WAS PICKING HOSE UP A PIECE OF WIRE STICKING OUT OF HOSE PIERCED HIS RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER.

January 23, 1985 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Struck by falling object

LUBE TRUCK OPERATOR WAS PARKING TRUCK INSIDE WARHOUSE WHEN THE TOP OF THE TRUCK HIT THE GARAGE DOOR ABOVE IT. WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE DOOR BACK DOWN (JAMMED) IT BROKE LOOSE AND FELL DOWN ON H IS HAND CUTTING IT WITH THE SHARP METAL ON BOTTOM OF ROLL UP DOOR.

August 1, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE CARRYING A SPEED REDUCER WITH 2 ITHER EES EE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

August 31, 1983 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aloe Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

SECONDARY HYDRO PUMP FEED CLOGGED UP,TRIED TO DRAIN PUMP BY KNOCKING CAP OFF DRAIN ON TANK,HOT WATER WENT ON EMPL.

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