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April 21, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R E M Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

STEPPED OFF A LADDER BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS TAILBONE ON A BLUNT STEEL OBJECT.

January 24, 1989 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
R E M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING BACK ON MOTOR LIFT AND FKET SOMETHING POP IN BACK.

July 23, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
R E M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A CRANE HAD LIF7ED A COUNTERWEIGHT FROM THE DRAGLINE AND SAT IT ON BLOCKS THE INJURED MAN HAD MOTIONED FOR THE CRANE OPERATOR TO LOOSEN THE CABLE SO HE COULD UNHOOK A PIN THE COUNTERWEIGHT SLI PPED AND CAME D2WN PINNING THE MAN

March 23, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
R E M Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING TRACK LINKS AND SEAL AREA-PIECE ENTERED RT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

January 7, 1987 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
R E M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS CLE5NING A MACHINE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH A MOVING BELT.

November 26, 1985 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R E M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THEY WERE CLEAN3NG UP JUMK IN THE GARAGE AREA. HE TWISTED AND HURT HIS BACK

December 29, 1984 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R E M Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS WELDING THE SHOOT IN THE RAILHOUSE A CABLE BROKE CAUSING I.NAME TO FAL INTO A RAILROAD CAR

June 26, 1984 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R E M Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LIFTING BAGS OF LIME AND LOADING IT TO BE PUT IN PONDS.HE FELL ONTO FLOOR OF TRAILER WHERE LIME IS STORED AND WAS UNABLE TO GET UP ALONE.

February 24, 1983 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R E M Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

GETTING OFF LOADER TO CLEA BUCKET,SLIPPED ON STP/ EP AND FELL.

February 3, 1983 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
R E M Coal Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

IT WAS DURING A FREEZING AND THAWING SITUATION THE OILER ON A DRAGLINE WENT INTO CUT OT CHECK WATER PUMP WHILE ATTENDING TO PUMP SPOIL SLID UP AGAINST PUMP PINNING OILER HE RECEIVED SOME CUTS AND BRUISES AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED

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