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February 8, 1991 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Starr Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING PAN FROM DOZER IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HAND BACK AND SHOULDER

May 19, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Starr Coal Company · Fall from machine

DOING REPAIR WORK ON DOZER, SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 3 FT. HITTING HEAD ON DOZER AND LANDING ON HIS BACK.

November 19, 1987 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Starr Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS CHANGING3A HYDRAULIC PIPE IN THE CNETER OF A DART FRONT END LOADER, WHEN HE STARTED TO GET DOWN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND HIT HIS RIBS ON THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE, HE THEN FELL ONTO THE GROUND ABOUT 4 0T HIT HIS HEAD AND HAND

September 13, 1985 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Starr Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING A LARG9 ROCK OFF THE COAL WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL TO THE GROUND

December 2, 1983 PA · Coal FIRE
Starr Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

DOZER CAUGHT FIRE IN CAB WHILE PARKED IDLING TO WARM UP. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY EMPLOYEES BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, DAMAGE WAS HEAVY

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