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1983–2026
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January 7, 1999 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Company · Fall from ladders

EE FELL FROM LADDER STEPPED ON ICE AND SLID DOWN SLOPE OF HOPPER.

October 10, 1998 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Company · Fall from machine

LTA INJURY: EE WAS GETTING OFF OF A D-10 DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE PUSH ARM AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT LEG BREAKING THE BONES.

August 28, 1998 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PUSH ARM OF 580 D-10 GROUND TRACTOR, HIS LEFT FOOT STRUCK THE STEP ON THE BALL OF THE FOOT CAUSING A SPRAIN.

August 25, 1998 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN THE CAGE UNDER THE BULK ANFO BINS WHILE THE POWDER TRUCK WAS MOVING UP. AFTER THE TRUCK WAS POSITIONED, SHE STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE TRUCK AND TURNED HER KNEE.

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