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January 6, 1999 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO FRONT END LOADER AFTER STARTING COAL CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICE.

January 30, 1998 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE GOT UP ON TRUCK TO GET HIS FLASHLIGHT AND PUT HIS GRASE GUN BACK ON TRUC, HE GOT OUT OF CAB, WALKED AROUND FRONT OF CAB, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND TWISTE DHIS RIGHT ANKLE, FE ELL APPROX 10'.

April 8, 1997 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS OPERATING 992-C FEL FOR FOUR HOURS, GOT OFF FEL TO RELIEVE HIMSELF WHEN EE TURNED TO HIS LEFT, TRIPPED INTO LEFT FRONT TIRE OF FEL. HE BENT HIS RIGHT HAND BACK, INJURING WRIST - COULDN' T USE HIS RIGHT WRIST NORMALLY.

February 8, 1997 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A TORQUE CONVERTOER IN A DOZER, WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION TO THE FROME OF THE DOZER, HE SLIPPED & FELL BETWEEN THE CONVERTER & SIDE FRAME, STRI KING LEFT SHOULDER ON THE BACK OF MOTOR, INJURING LEFT SHOULDER.

February 29, 1996 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD BEEN WET - TRUCKS MADE DEEP RUTS IN HAUL ROAD - GOT VERY COLD - RUTS FROZE - STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK TO CHECK LOAD AND TARP - SLIPPED INTO FROZEN RUT AND SPRAINED ANKLE - NECK SORE

April 23, 1995 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Coal Inc · Fall from piled material

EE WAS STANDING ON PIECE OF SLATE LOST BALANCE & FELL, CAUSING INJURY.

September 27, 1993 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE NEEDED PINS WELDED ON BUCKET SO HE TOOK HIS FEL550 INTERNATIONAL TO THE WELDER HE SHUT THE MACHINE DOWN GOT OUT OF MACHINE & WAS LEANING AGAINST THE DOOR WHEN THE NYLON STRAP ON THE D OOR BROKE & EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 6FT

January 12, 1987 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CO4ING DOWN LADDER OF CAT 988A AND LOST FOOTING CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT KNEE EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS BACKING DOWN LADDER

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