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August 20, 1988 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nemo Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF CLINE TRUCK-HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND HIT A ROCK ON HIS BACK.

July 15, 1988 MO · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nemo Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF FORK LIFT & HIT HIS KNEE AGAINST WOODEN PALLET

March 19, 1988 MO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nemo Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING DOZER- FROST WAS ON PUMP STATION MOTOR- EMPLOYEE SLIPPED.

September 12, 1987 MO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nemo Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING OFF OF LOADER-HIS FOOTSLIPPED OFF OF STEP, CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON ANCHOR BOLT.

August 31, 1987 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nemo Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL CLIMBING O0F HITACHI EXCAVATOR TWISTED KNEE WHILE STEPPING OFF.

July 17, 1987 MO · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nemo Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LA2ING DRAIN PIPE IN A RECLAMATION AREA USING A TRUCK TO HANDLE THE PIPE. WHILE WALKING ON THE BED OF THE BOOM TRUCK SLIPPED ON A SPILL OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND SLID OFF THE EDGE OF BED EMPLOYEE C5UGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS ARM.

June 8, 1987 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nemo Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING ONTO A DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AS HE REACHED TO GRAB FOR SOMETHING HE JAMMED HIS THUMB INTO A TRACK PAD.

April 9, 1987 MO · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nemo Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING ON SHOE OF DRAGLINE EATING LUNCH, BECAME CHOKED AND PASSED OUT, FELL FACE FIRST AND FRACTURED TEETH SOME FALSE TEETH SOME NATURAL TEETH.

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