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November 21, 1988 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING POWER SCREENS & HAND GOT CAUGHT IN PULLEY

November 10, 1988 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM EXPLOSIVES TRUCK & BAUMPED HIS ELBOW ON TRUCK CAB

October 26, 1988 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON BACKHOE AND WHEN HE DISMOUNTED HE CAUGHT LEFT FOOT IN TRACKS.

March 3, 1988 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL AND ANOTHER EMPL MOVING TRANSMISSION ON A CART TO STORAGE BLDG.WHEN THEY REMOVED IT FROM CART EMPL FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK.

February 15, 1988 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING A HONDA 3" PUMP IN THE PIT WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

December 28, 1987 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMP WAS SHOVELI3G COAL FROM UNDER CRUSHER. HE FELT A TEARING SENSATION IN LEFT SIDE. HE HAS A LEFT INGUINAL HERNIA

November 23, 1987 IN · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING WITH 3" PUMPS IN PIT. HE WAS TAKING DISCHARGE HOSE LOOSE FROM PUMP HOSE FLIPPED SPRAYING HOT WATER ALL OVER HIS BODY.

October 26, 1987 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING FROM SCRAPER AT SUPPER TIME AND RING ON RIGHT HAND CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AROUND THE DOOR HANDLE OF CAB. CAUSED SKIN, MUSCLE, TO BE TORN AWAY FROM BONE.

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