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September 9, 1985 OK · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FRONT OF LOADER CLEANING WINDSHIELD - FOOT ON LIFT ARM SLIPPED - CAUGHT HIMSELF FALLING AND GRABBED HOLD OF WIPER BLADE -

June 4, 1985 KS · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PULLING ON A DRAG CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE GROUND WHICH WAS SLIPPERY DUE TO RAIN AND FELL IN A DOZER TRACK.

February 7, 1985 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF DRAGLINE. HIS LEG WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL & TWISTED HIS KNEE.

October 12, 1984 OK · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS OPERATING A 641 CAT SCRAPER WHEN HE RAN INTO A RUT AND THE JERKING MOTION INJURED HIS NECK

September 4, 1984 KS · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A MOTOR MOUNTING. A BRACE OF ANGLE IRON WAS UNDER THE MOTOR AND GAVE WAY. FLEW UP AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS ARM.

August 29, 1984 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DUMP CABLE ON 380W DRAGLINE DUMP BUCKET. WHILE PULLING ON CABLE, EMPLOYEE STATED HE HURT HIS BACK.

July 23, 1984 KS · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMANTLING DRAGLINE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO T HE GROUND.

June 13, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DONNIE BLACKLEDGE STEPPED DOWN OFF A DRAGLINE AND TWISTED HIS RT FOOT

June 13, 1984 OK · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF WATER ONTO LOADER AND HURT HIS BACK.

June 11, 1984 KS · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS HITTING PIN ON STEERING GEARS OF COAL WAGON WHEN PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM IN EYE.

May 25, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SONNY IS A MECHANIC AND WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OING OFF SLAG WHEN A PIECE FLEW UP INTO HIS LEFT EYE

March 14, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

IS A MECHANIC WORKING ON PIECE OF DOWNED EQUIPMENT AND CUT TWO FINGERS

February 1, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING REPAIR PART-GEAR-TO PUT INTO DRAGLINE AND HURT HIS BACK.

January 11, 1984 OK · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH TORCH. HE RAISED UP TO WALKWAY WITH THE TORCH IN HIS HAND. HE TRIPPED ONTHE FROZEN GROUND, FELL, AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

November 28, 1983 KS · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN AIR POT CYLINDER FROM THE FLOOR TO THE SWING TRANSMISSION.

September 15, 1983 KS · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING ON FAIRLEAD MAST AND SLAG OR STEEL FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

September 13, 1983 KS · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ANGLE IRON ON MAIN MACHINERY FRAME AND IT SLID OFF SPRING BOLT AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.

August 31, 1983 KS · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON GROUND REMOVING OVERHEAD RAIL SEGMENTS WITH AIR IMPACT WRENCH WHEN ALL BOLTS WERE REMOVED THE RAIL WAS STILL WEDGED EMPLOYEE PULLED THE RAIL LOOSE AND IT FELL AND HIT H IM IN THE LEG

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