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November 18, 1989 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Ohio River Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED LUBRICATING THE PAN SCRAPER HE WAS OPERATING WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB INTO THE PAN THE WIND BLEW THE DOOT SHUT STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD.

August 14, 1989 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Ohio River Collieries Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS STUNG BY A WASP WHILE OPERATING A TS PAN SCRAPER.

July 24, 1989 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Ohio River Collieries Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TS 24 PAN SCRAPER WHEN HE WAS STUNG ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK BY SOME TYPE OF INSECT.AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO INSECT STINGS,HE WAS TAKEN TO BARNESVILLE MEDCIAL CENTER FOR EVALUATION WHICH PROVED NEGATIVE.

June 6, 1989 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Ohio River Collieries Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A CHAIR IN THE RECLAMATION SHOP WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF NOT FEELING WELL.EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF A TINGLING IN HIS ARMS AND A TIGHTNESS IN HIS CHEST.HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE BARNESVILLE OHIO MEDICAL CENTER BY THE LAFFERTY EMERGENY SQUAD AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30AM.

March 12, 1988 OH · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Ohio River Collieries Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS LUBRICATING ENGINEER WHEN HE COLLAPSED, HAVING SUFFERED AN ANEURYSM.

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