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July 20, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Associates Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS WORKING IN SHOP WHEN THUNDER STORM BLEW DOWN SHOP DOOR DOOR HIT EMPL IN INJURY AREA.

January 19, 1989 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Associates Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING CAB OF DOZER. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE DOOR FRAME AND THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS HAND.

December 3, 1987 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Associates Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING A FUEL LINE ON 945 B -77 LOADER ENGINE WHEN THE WIND BLEW THE ENGINE SIDE PANEL DOWN. WHILE TRYING TO CATCH THE PANEL, EMPLOYEE SLID DOWN AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE REAR AXLE HOUSING CAUSIN1 A BAD BRUISE.

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