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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 9, 1985 OK · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FRONT OF LOADER CLEANING WINDSHIELD - FOOT ON LIFT ARM SLIPPED - CAUGHT HIMSELF FALLING AND GRABBED HOLD OF WIPER BLADE -

June 4, 1985 KS · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PULLING ON A DRAG CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE GROUND WHICH WAS SLIPPERY DUE TO RAIN AND FELL IN A DOZER TRACK.

February 7, 1985 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF DRAGLINE. HIS LEG WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL & TWISTED HIS KNEE.

July 23, 1984 KS · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMANTLING DRAGLINE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO T HE GROUND.

June 13, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DONNIE BLACKLEDGE STEPPED DOWN OFF A DRAGLINE AND TWISTED HIS RT FOOT

January 11, 1984 OK · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH TORCH. HE RAISED UP TO WALKWAY WITH THE TORCH IN HIS HAND. HE TRIPPED ONTHE FROZEN GROUND, FELL, AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

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