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1983–2026
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November 24, 1992 IN · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CLEAN BAR TO REMOVE A SPIKE FROM A RR TIE AND STRIANED HIS LOWER BACK OR LEGS.

September 2, 1991 IN · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SPIKE PULLER TO REMOVE SPIKES WHILE TYRING TO PULL A DIFFICULT ONE ,HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

July 17, 1989 IN · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING OUT COAL FROMUNDER REFUSE CONVE HANDLE OF SHOVEL CAM UP AND STRUCK EMP IN FACE

January 25, 1988 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A PIECE OF SALOMIA WITH HIS KNIFE AND ACCIDENTALLY,CUT HIMSELF.

February 22, 1985 IN · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A KNIFE TO LOOSEN SCREWS ON A PORTABLE RADIO CASE AND THE KNIFE BLADE SLIPPED FOLDED OVER ON THE EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND CUTTING IT

January 8, 1985 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE BARGE CLAMP FROM THE BARGE MOVING CABLE WHEN THE CLAMP SHIFTED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO PIN HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CLAMP AND THE SURFACE OF THE BARGE.

May 23, 1983 IN · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OPEN A BOX OF ELECTRICAL PARTS WITH A UTILITY KNIFE PULLING KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF THE KNIFE SLIPPED OUT AND HE CUT HIMSELF JUIST ABOVE HIS RT KNEE

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