Taft Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A TRAIL CABLE (DRAGLINE) TO HANG ON A HOOK SO THAT MACHINE COULD TRAVEL.
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March 11, 1987
AL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taft Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PL5CING ROCKS IN SPILLWAYS AND DAMS FOR WATER CONTROL ON RECLAIMED AREAS. BACK INJURY IS UNDETERMINED.
September 5, 1984
AL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taft Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object
RESTRAINING CHAIN HOLDING BELLY PAN OF D9L DOZER SLIPPED OR BROKE ALLOWING PAN TO FALL EMPLOYEE RIGHT HAND WAS UNDERNEATH PAN LACERATION AND BRUISES TO THE INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER WERE SUFFERE AND THE TENDON OF THE INDEX FINGER WAS PARTIALLY SEVERED.
Taft Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
BACK STRAIN CAUSED IN MOVEMENT OF DRAGLINE TRAIL CABLE
Taft Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON A DIESEL MOTOR AND HE CUT HIS HAND ON A HOSE CLAMP
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