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July 25, 1995 MO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN LOADER BUCKET WITH HANDON TOP EDGE OF BUCKET WHEN BUCKET TILTED AND PINCHED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN BUCKET & BUCKET STOP.

April 24, 1992 MO · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 1/2" X 4' X 8' STEEL PLATE WITH A FORKLIFT. WHILE ADJUSTING THE PLATE ON THE FORKS IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PLATE AND A PALLET.

August 19, 1991 MO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RETURNING TO LOAD AREA EMPTY. WHILE CROSSING BENCH WALL COMING OVER A SLIGHT GROWN SCRAPER SLID SIDEWAYS ON WET. SPOT OPERATOR DROPPED BOWL, BOWL DUG IN WHILE PAN WAS SLIDING SIDEWAYS A T WHICH TIME THE SCRAPER FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP

November 2, 1990 MO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING CABLE (ANCHOR CABLE) TO RELOCATE DREDGE OPERATION. A CABLE BEING PULLED BY A PICK-UP KICKED SIDEWAYS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ABOVE EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING IN A BOAT WAIT ING TO TIE OFF CABLE.

August 27, 1990 MO · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TO PIT AREA IN TRUCK 9175 WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DRIVING TRUCK 9158 ATTEMPTED A LEFT TURN STRIKING TRUCK 9175 IN LEFT FRONT. EMPLOYEE IN TRUCK 9175 RECEIVED LACERATION TO N OSE AND LEFT KNEE REQUIRING SUTURES TO CLOSE LACERATION.

December 6, 1989 MO · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nemo Coal Inc · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL DOING WORK ON FEEDER BREAKER,STEPPED ONTO BELTLINE AS BELT LINE WAS PUT IN MOTION CAUSING MFALL ON BELT.CATCHING HIM IN UNDER FEEDER BREAKER.

November 29, 1989 MO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK.TRAILER OVERTURNED AND TRACTOR JACK-KNIFED,FRAME BROKE ON TRACTOR.SPEED OF TRUCK & WATER ON ROAD FOR DUST CONTROL FROZE.DRIVER APPEARED TO HAVE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK .

May 9, 1989 MO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND STRUCK HEAD ON AIR CONDITIONER.

October 9, 1987 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME & I.NAME3WORKING ON TRAILER DOORS OF TRUCK.DRIVER WAS TOLD TO OPEN REAR DOORS OF TRAILER,HIT WRONG SWITCH AND OPENED FRONT DOORS.I.NAME GOT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN DOORS AND MANUAL CONTROL B OX.STITCHES INV2LVED.

June 25, 1984 MO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A 637 SCRAPER IN A THREE SCRAPER TOW OF A 2570 DRAGLINE BUCKET. THE FRONT SCRAPER MADE TOO SHORT OF A TURN TURNING I.NAME S SCRAPER OVER. INJURIES WERE LESS SEVERE DUE TO OPERATOR WEARING SEAT BELT

May 8, 1984 MO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER HAULING TOPSOIL, HIT A H OLE IN THE ROAD AND COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN POSSIBLE DISLOCATED RIB I NAME WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AT TIME OF INJURY.

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