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June 26, 1992 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A TRUCK WHEEL WHEN THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS EYE.

September 3, 1991 MO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING DOZER WHILE RAINING AND WIND WAS BLOWING THE WIND CAUGHT DOZER DOOR, CLOSING DOOR ON EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.

May 22, 1991 MO · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPL DEVELOPED TENDER ELBOW WHILE WORKING.DR DIAGNOSED EMPL AS HAVING CELLULITIS OF ELBOW AREA.REPORTED ON 1-14-92 TO CO REP IN SAFETY DEPT.

June 29, 1990 MO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS WORKING IN AREA WHERE QUARTZ LIGHT WAS ON STAND. WIND PICKED UP & BLEW STAND OVER STRIKING EMPL ON UPPER LIP.

March 28, 1990 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HIS BACK WAS HURTING BUT COULD NOT GIVE A DIRECT CAUSE OR ACTION THAT CAUSED THE PAIN

May 18, 1988 MO · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS WELDING A PATCH ON A CHUTE IN THE SAMPLE BUILDING, WHEN WIND BLEW SOME DUST OR A PARTICLE OF COAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

May 20, 1987 MO · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I NAME WAS MOVI3G ARTICLES OUT OF THE DRAGLINE LOUNGE AREA, PREPARING TO LAY NEW LINELEUM. HE FELT AN ITCHING SENSATION ON HIS STOMACH AND DISCOVERED HE HAD BEEN BIT BY A SPIDER. PRESCRIPTI DRUGS GIVEN 3

March 29, 1986 MO · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS CLOS3NG TWO LARGE DOORS IN NEW ADDITION OF PREP PLANT HE HAD A HOLD OF ONE DOUBLE DOOR & THE WIND CAUGHT THE OTHER DOOR CLOSING IT HE DID NOT SEE OR HEAR THE OTHER DOOR SWING CLOSED CATCHING HIS HA3D GLOVES WERE WORN-TWO STITCHES WERE TAKEN

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