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January 2, 1991 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MAN LIFT TO MOUNT 19Z SHOVEL AS HE STEPPED UP A FAILURE OCCURED ON THE MAIN LIFT CAUSING IT TO SWING BACK & DOWN EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE MAN LIFT TO THE GROUND

March 3, 1990 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL HIT DITCH WHILE OPERATING HAUL TRUCK.IT CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE HURTING HIS BACK.WASNT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

May 31, 1989 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

HAUL TRUCK WAS COMING DOWN SLIGHT GRADE, LOADED, HEADED TO HOPPER WHEN HYDRAULIC STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE, CAUSING TRUCK TO LEAVE THE ROAD RESULTING IN OPERATOR STRIKING HIS EHAD. TRUCK LOST STEERING.

February 13, 1989 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL ALLEDGES THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING DUE TO OPERATING A FRONT-END LOADER OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL WEEKS

August 15, 1988 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS STUCK ON CHUNKS OF COAL ON HOPPER WHEN ANOTHER HAUL TRUCK ATTEMPTED TO PUSH HER OFF RESULTING IN A SEVERE JOLT

May 19, 1988 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER AND WAS TURNING IS HEAD TO LOOK BACK AT BOWL TO SEE HOW IT WAS FILLING WHEN HIS NECK PPPED. OPERATING IN ROUGH TERRAIN.

November 20, 1987 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP ALLEGES THA7 HE WAS SEVERELY JARRED WHEN A TOOTH ON THE FRONT END LOADERS BUCKET HE WAS OPERATING CAUGHT ON THE GRIZLEY BARS OF THE HOPPER AS HE WAS CLEANING COAL FROM THE OPENING OF THE H HOPPER 3

May 7, 1987 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING A LOAD OF PLANT REFUSE MATERIAL TO THE PIT USING A 120 TON HAULAGE TRUCK. AN ESTIMATED 20 MIN LATER ANOHTER TRUCK DRIVER FOUND THE VICTIMS TRUCK OVERTURNED ON PIT INCLINE W ITH THE VICTIM 3NSIDE OF CAB DEAD. AUTOPEY REVEALED DEATH RESULTED FROM NATURAL CAUSES.

November 5, 1986 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL PICKING UP3SHALE WITH SCRAPER TURNED TO LEFT WITH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL GOING UP ON BERM JACKK IFING SCRAPER.LEFT SIDE OF CAB HIT HYDRAULIC LINE ON TORQUE TUBE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF BOWL BREAKIN G OUT DOOR GLAS8 AND JERKING OPERATOR.

July 31, 1985 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING MAN-TRIP AROUND REAR OF RAMOF PARKED SCRAPER & RAN INTO REAR OF SCRAPER PARKED ON END OF ROW THROWING HER AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL

June 28, 1984 IN · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING DIRT FRONM LEFT TRUCK ASSEMBLY ON DOZIER WHEN SERVICE TRUCK BACKED UP INTO DOZER BLADE ARM PINNING EMPLOYEE\S LEGS BETWEEN TRUCK BUMPER & BLADE PUSH ARM.

February 28, 1984 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING SCRAPER THAT WAS BEING PUSHED BY TRACTOR. SCRAPER GOT CAUGHT ON ROCK, WHEN EE RAISED BOWL, SCRAPER JUMPED OFF ROCK. HE STOPPED & TRACTOR HIT HIM IN REAR RATHER HARD. TRACTOR W AS PUSHING HARD BECAUSE OF ROCK.

January 17, 1984 IN · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
Warrick Holding Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO RELOCATE TRAILING CABLE FOR 201 SHOVEL TO ANOTHER SWITCH BOX. FRONT-END LOADER WAS PULLING TRAIL CABLE & BAIZE WAS THROWING OFFLOOPS WHEN ONE CAUGHT AND TURNED SLED. SU DDENLY GRABBING EMPLOYEE\S FOOT DRAGGING HIM FOR SEVEREAL FEET.

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