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October 20, 1995 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE BOULDER UNDER LUBE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS BACK.

October 8, 1995 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE TRUCK, WHEN HE REACHED THEH BOTTOM STEP HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND DISLOCATING LEFT SHOULDER.

June 14, 1995 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING TO BACK OF MACHINE TO THROTTLE UP. WHEN HE WAS RETURNING, HE SLIPPED ON OIL SPILL AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

May 26, 1995 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ON THE GRADER-WHEN STEPPING UP ON THE BLADE TO STEP ON THE LADDER, FOOT SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT AND TWISTED ANKLE.

October 27, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE LUBRICATES LEVEL ON O&K SHOVELS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE SHOVEL.

October 15, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK AND WASH PLANT A PORTION OF FLOORING WAS REMOVED THE MAKE REPAIR. HE TURNED AND STEPPED INTO THE HOLE FALLING APPROX. 4 FEET.

August 29, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING THE LADDER ONTO ROCK TRUCK, HE SLIPPED ON FIRST RUNG AND HIT RIGHT KNEE ON FRONT BUMPER, RESULTING IN SWELLING OF KNEE.

May 20, 1994 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED WHILE CLEANING PARTS ON MAGNETIC SEPARATOR AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED BY HAD AN OPERATION ON KNEE ON 7-18-94. WILL BE OFF WORK FOR APPRO X. 4-6 WEEKS.

April 21, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER WAS DESCENDING LADDER ON FRONT OF ROCK TRUCK. SHE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP AND HIT HER CHEST ON THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE TRUCK.

April 11, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO HIS OPERATOR CAB. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TOP RUNG AND HE FELL APPROX. 8' TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT LEG, JARRING HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE WENT TO S EE A CHIROPRACTOR.

August 19, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPL WAS PATCHING A 10" STEEL PIPE, WAS STANDING ON A 5' WOODEN LADDER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PATCHLEAK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OF LADDER TWISTING & STRICKING LEFT ANKLE.

July 6, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF LADDER WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF 785 ROCK TRUCK.

June 7, 1993 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM THE LOADER, LOST HIS FOOTING ON LAST STEP AND FELL TO GROUND.

May 4, 1993 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING SUMP PUMP AND FELL THROUGH HOLE WHERE PUMP WAS MOUNTED.

February 26, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING ROCK TRUCK. HE STEPPED OFF THE STAIRS ONTO ICE, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO BACK.

July 17, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FROM HSI TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON THE LAST RUNG. HE SUNK INTO THE MUD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.

February 23, 1992 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A GRADER TO CHECK THE OIL HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE RAILING CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND. HE BRUISED SOME OF HIS RIGHT SIDE AND SHOULDER AREA.

February 20, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE ROCK TRUCK. HE HAD MUD ON HIS BOOTS AND SLIPPED ON THE LADDER FALLING FORWARD ONTO THE LEFT KNEE. HE BRUISED THE KNEE.

February 1, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PARKING LOT WAS MUDDY AND HAD FROZEN OVERNIGHT CAUSING SURFACE TO ROUGH AND UNEVEN. I.NAME WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE TRUCK HE OPERATES AND SLIPPED-TRIPPED AND FELL CAUSING HIM TO BREAK THE LOWER BONES IN HIS RIGHT LEG.

January 12, 1990 PA · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PARKING LOT WAS SNOW COVERED AND ICY. I.NAME WAS WALKING TOWARDS GRADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS TAILBONE CAUSING HAIRLINE FRACTURE AND CONTUSIONS OF TAILBONE.

January 3, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PARKING LOT WAS SNOW COVERED AND ICY. I.NAME GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK (END OF SHIFT) AND STARTED ACROSS PARKING LOT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICY SPOT AND FELL ON LEFT KNEE CAUSING HIM TO CHIP THE KNEE.

March 7, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO LADDER ON LOADER TO CHECK OIL HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ICE AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 26, 1988 PA · Coal safety director SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PRIMING PUMP AT WASH PLANT WHEN THE WRENCH FELL OFF PRIMING PLUG AND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND FEL ON RIGH ANKLE BREAKING IT.

February 5, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING DOWN TO THE GROUND FROM THE PUSH BLADE ARM ON A KOMATSU MODEL D-375 CRAWLER TRACTOR #15042 EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE UNEVEN GROUND THAT WAS COVERED WITH SNOW AND HIS BODY TW ISTED SUDDENLY.HE SUFFERD A PAIN IN LEFT HIP.

June 6, 1987 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING HOIST CABLE ON A 2400 DRAG AND HE FELL 15 FT OFF BOOM OF MACHINE AND LANDED ON HIS FEET.

May 9, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING ON LEFT SIDE OF 2400 DRAGLINE AND FELL ONTO GROUND.

January 29, 1986 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING ON THE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND ICE CAUSING ACUTE LUMBAR SOCIAL STRAIN.

January 29, 1986 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

IT WAS SNOWING 5ND THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE TRUCK.THE SNOW CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO SLIP WHEN HE WAS GETTING OFF THE TRUCK.

March 29, 1984 PA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CARRYING EXPLOSIVES ON SHOT SLIPPED ON ICE LANDING ON RIGHT LEG. LEG WAS BENEATH EMPLOYEE.

January 30, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from ladders

CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AFTER FUELING THE LOADER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THIRD RUNG FROM BOTTOM AND FELL TO THE GROUND

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