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January 28, 1991 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS TRYING TO TRIM EXCESS SILICONE OFF OF FILTER DISC WITH RAZOR NIFE. KNIFE WAS IN LEFT HAND HE WAS HOLDING SILICONE WITH RIGHT HAND WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT RIGHT THUMB.

July 30, 1990 OH · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING NAILS FROM CONCRETE FORMS USING TWO HAMMERS HITTING ONE WITH THE OTHER, HAMMER HEAD CHIPPED AND WENT INTO RT. FOREARM.

June 18, 1990 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING PUMP OUT OF HOLE AND PIPE SLIPPED OUT OF COMEALONG AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

March 24, 1990 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON THE HYDRAULIC TANK OF THE CATERPILLAR D9L. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE WRENCH IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND HE FELL 8 FT. TO THE GROUND.

December 17, 1988 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL UNDER PRE-SCREENING SHAKER AND ROTARY BREAKER AND COAL DUST GOT IN HIS GLOVES.

February 20, 1987 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OFF CONVEYOR WITH A PRYBAR. IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

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