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September 30, 1998 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING HAY BALES INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. HE STEPPED AND STUMBLED INTO A HOLE WITH HIS RIGHT LEG AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

June 26, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS LIFTING CEMENT PIECES OF SLAB IN BACK OF THE CASE. HE SLIPPED ON THE WET, SLIPPERY GROUND, JARRING HIS BACK.

October 28, 1996 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING FROM THE CAB OF THE DRILL TRUCK TO THE REAR IN THE DARK. EE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. AS HE STARTED TO FALL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. WHEN HE GOT TO THE BACK OF THE DRILL, HE HAD EXTREME BACK PAIN.

August 13, 1993 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MOVING ROCKS OUT OF A DIVERSION DITCH AND DEPOSITING THEM ON THE OUTSIDE SLOPE OF THE DITCH. HE WAS CARRYING A ROCK. AS HE STARTED DOWN THE OUTSLOPE OF THE DIVERSION DITCH, HE LOST HIS FOOTING THEREBY TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.

March 4, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUMPING WATER FROM THE PIT TO THE TREATMENT POND. HE WAS TRYING TO START THE WATER PUMP WHILE STANDING ON A BANK. HIS FEET SLIPPED AS HE PULLED ON THE STARTER ROPE ON THE PUMP THEREBY P ULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

April 4, 1991 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS UNLOADING CRIBBING BLOCKS FROM THE BACK OF THE DRILLING RIG HIS FOOT SLIPPED & THE CRIBBING BLOCKS SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP THEREUPON TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK

September 4, 1989 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I,NAME WAS DRAGGING A WATER PUMP HOSE OVER A DITCH. THE HOSE SNAGGED ON A ROCK. AS HE PULLED ON THE HOSE TO FREE IT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN THE MUD. HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. HE INFORMED US OF T HIS INJURY ON 10-13-89. THIS IS A REOCURRENCE OFA BACK INJURY ON 5/19/89.

May 19, 1989 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS WALKING TOTHE BACK OF THE DRILLING RIG HE TRIPPED OVER A COUPLE OF ROCKS & FELL HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK

March 11, 1986 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall from machine

I NAME HAD JUST3MOVED THE DRILL TRUCK FORWARD HE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE TRUCK TO RETURN TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO CONTINUE DRILLING THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE GR GROUND HIS FOOT3SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL

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