Yankeetown Dock Corp · Flash burns (welding)
HOLDING METAL IN PLACE OTHER EMP WAS AIR ARCING AND REC FLASH BURN AND FO IN EYE
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September 7, 1990
IN · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
KNEELING ON L KNEE USING IMPACT WRENCH R KNEE POPPED
June 21, 1990
IN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS OPERATING A PIECE OF MOBILE TRACK EQUIPMENT FOLLOWING ANOTHER OF THE SAME. FRONT TRACK EQUIPMENT STOPPED AT THE END OF BLOCK CLEARANCE EE RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE ONE IN FRONT.
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEES WERE APPLYING PRESSURE TO SHEETMETAL THAT HAD BEEN HEATED IN ORDER TO BEND IT AROUND THE PILING SO IT COULD BE WELDED TO THE PILING. PRESSURE WAS BEING APPLIED BY THE SWING FORCE OF THE BACKHOE AGAINST A 4X4 PLACED ENDWISE AGAINST THE SHEET. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE PUT HIS FOOT AGINST THE 4X4 TO PROTECT HIMSELF WHEN THE 4X4 KICKED LOOSE. WHEN IT KICKED LOOSE, IT KICKED AWAY
Yankeetown Dock Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPL MOVING VIBRATOR ASSEMBLY FROM TAMPER USING OVERHEAD HOIST AND CHAIN-VIBRATOR ASSEMB.SHIFTED IN CHAIN SLING AND CAUGHT EMPL FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN ASSEM.AND VIBRATOR.RESULTED IN BROKEN TIP O F RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
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