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1983–2026
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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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