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August 8, 1988 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE

Yankeetown Dock Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO SECURE THE BARGE MOVING CABLE TO AEP BARGE #116-BACK QUARTER.TIMBERHEAD-WHEN THE CABLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAME UP KNOCKING EMPLOYEE BACKWARD INTO THE EMPTY BARGE COMPARTMENT

February 29, 1988 IN · Coal hoistman, hoist operator POWERED HAULAGE

Yankeetown Dock Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL HELPING TO PUT BUCKET ON ENDLOADER.BUCKET CAME DOWN ON LEFT FOOT.THEN WHILE PRYING UP TO GET FOOT OUT,PRY BAR SLIPPED BUCKET CAME DOWN ON RIGHT HAND.

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