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1983–2026
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November 27, 1984 WA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)

FLASHBURN IN LEFT EYE RESULTING FROM REAR & SIDE EXPOSURE TO INTENSIVE LIGHT RAYS FROM WELDING OPERATOR TWO WELDERS WERE WSORKING SIDE BY SIDE & WELDING LIGHT FROM WELDER #1 AFFECTED I.NAME IN JURY WAS NOTED LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN I.NAME WENT TO SEEK MEDICAL HELP COMPLAINING OF A SORE EYE DIAGNOIS WAS BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASION

July 3, 1984 WA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS PULLING DIESEL HOSE FROM PUMP TRUCK WHEN HE TRIPPED AND THE NOZZLE HIT HIM IN THE TEETH CHIPPING TWO FRONT TEETH

May 11, 1984 WA · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN CHANGING DRILL STEEL. WHILE IN T HE PROESS OF LIFTING STEEL, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER CACK WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIBELY WORSE AS THE DAY WENT ON.

July 26, 1983 WA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SIKES AND MORRIS WERE BRE SIKES AND MORRIS WERE BREAKING ROCKS TOO BIG TO FIT ONTO THE R AW COAL BELT SIKES PLACED HIS HAND ON A ROCK NOT THINKING MORRIS WAS GOING TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL SWING AT IT WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER SIKES LEFT RING FINGER WAS BROKEN AT THE END JOINT AND SPLIT OPEN REQUIRING STICHES

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