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November 1, 1990 IN · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ADJUSTING HOIST DRUM BRAKE. EE TOLD THE OILER TO RELEASE THE BRAKE HOLDING THE DRUM. WHEN THE OILER RELEASED THE BRAKE THE DRUM ROTATED AND A BOLT PROTRUDING FROM THE DRUM GRABBED EMPLO YEE PANTS CUFF PULLING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE DRUM AND A GAURD.

October 27, 1990 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FINISHED FUELING EQUIPMENT, HE ROLLED UP FUEL HOSE, NOZZLE HIT EMPLOYEE RIGHT KNEE.

June 11, 1990 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST BEEN VERABLLY REMINDED BY HIS SUPERVISOR FOR INADQUIATE QUILTY IN HIS WORK PERFORMACNE. EMPLOYEE THEN ENTERED THE WAREHOUSE AND IN A STATE OF ANGER STRUCK A METAL PARTS CABI NET WITH HIS LEFT WRIST.

May 4, 1988 IN · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

ON 5-4-88, EMP. WS WORKING ON D RAGLINE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT ARM CREATING A SMALL SCRATCH. HE CONT. TO WORK UNTIL 5-17-88, HIS ARM BECAME SWOLLEN AND INFLAMMED. AT THAT TIME HE WENT TO THE D OCTOR.

October 27, 1987 IN · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINE ELECTRICIA3 & A HELPER WERE CAPPING ENDS OF A SPARE TRAIL CABLE WHEN THE HELPER DROPPED WENEND OF THE CABLE THE END STRUCK THE ELECTRICIAN ON TOP OF THE LEFT FOOT (BEHIND STEEL TOE)

October 20, 1987 IN · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE WAS LIFTING PIECE OF STEEL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK EMPLOYEE STATED THAT DR EXAMINATION FOUND A SLIPPED VERTABRAE WHICH WAS PINCHING NERVES LEADING TO ARMS EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT3INJURY AS WORK RELATED WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS UNTIL WE RECEIVED DR EXAMINATION NOTICE ON 12-7-87

March 11, 1987 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS P6LLING OUT HIS TOOL BOX, WHICH WAS ON THE BED OF HIS MAINTENANCE TRUCK, WHEN THE BOTTOM TRAY FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE CORNER OF THE BOX STRUCK JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE PROTE CTION ON HIS SA0ETY SHOE.

December 1, 1986 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON WATER PUMP ON 12-1-86 AND THOUGHT HE PULLED STOMACH MUSCLE AND DID NOT REPORT IT ON 1-15-87 EMPLOYEE WAS P ULLING ON WATTER HOSE AND NOTICED A KNOT IN LOWER STOMACH HE REPORTED ACCIDE3T AND WAS SENT TO A DR

May 8, 1986 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DISMOUNT3NG A CAT 627 SCRAPER USING THE STIRRUP STEP PROVIDED. THE CABLE ONT HE STEP WAS BENT & THE STEP SWUNG BACK HITTING THE EE INT HE KNEE.

February 28, 1986 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS RE1LACING HOIST CLUTCH IN 4600 MANITOWOC DRAGLINE HE WAS WORKING FROM THE TOP OF THE DRAGLINE REACHING DOWN TO ET THE CLUTCH IN PLACE WHEN HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK THE LONG ER HE WORKED TH9 MORE SEVERE THE PAIN BECAME

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