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May 12, 2004 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee and co-worker were cleaning a hot coal dust build up out of the #4 dryer chute. When the ee's shoveled the dust into a barrel the hot dust splashed back onto the ee causing 1st degree burns.

May 12, 2004 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE & COWORKER WERE CLEANING A HOT COAL DUST BUILDUP OUT OF THE #4 DRYER CHUTE. WHEN THEY SHOVELED THE DUST INTO A BARREL, THE HOT DUST SPLASHED BACK ONTO BOTH EMPLOYEES, CAUSING 1ST DEGREE BURNS.

April 24, 2004 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 50 LB BAG THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR AND PUT IT ONTO THE SCALE. WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP HE USED HIS ARMS AND NOT HIS LEGS.

September 13, 2003 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLOSING A SLIDE GATE ON A RAILCAR WITH A BAR AND HAMMER, EE WAS PUSHING ON THE BAR AND HITTING THE SLIDE WITH A HAMMER. THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE HAMMER HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.

August 1, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OVER THE FORKS ON THE FORKLIFT AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

July 11, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HOISTING
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS KNEELING DOWN ON LEFT KNEE TAKING BOLTS OUT OF A DOOR ON THE BUCKET ELEVATOR, THE BUCKET ELEVATOR CHAIN BROKE AND FELL DOWN PUSHING THE DOOR OUT AND HIT EE IN THE RIGHT KNEE.

June 18, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE SIDE MIRROR OF A JOCKEY TRUCK AND WHEN HE PULLED ON IT, THE MIRROR CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD, CUTTING HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.

May 30, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDING A SHOVEL UP TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE UPPER EMPLOYEES HAND AND HIT THE LOWER EMPLOYEE IN THE HAND.

April 18, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WALKING FAST TO GET INTO THE SHOWER ROOM IT WAS RAINING AND WET, THE EE SLIPPED & HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR AND CUT HIS FOREHEAD.

January 6, 2003 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EE WAS CLEANING SNOW AND ICE FROM WALKWAYS AND STEPS. HE SLIPPED ON THE 2ND STEP AND LANDED ON THE LAST STEP INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

July 17, 2002 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 10" X 12' SCREW CONVEYOR WITH A SLING AND HOIST. THE SLING SLIPPED AND THE SCREW MOVED SIDEWAYS AND PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE SCREW AND MILL WALL. BRUI SED HIS LEFT HAND.

December 11, 2001 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING REPAIR A STRETCH WRAP MACHINE, THE WRAPPER UNIT WAS STUCK ABOUT FOUR FEET ABOVE HIM. THE DRIVE CHAIN BROKE AND THE WRAPPER UNIT FELL. THE UNIT STRUCK THE MAINTENANCE MAN AND CUT HIS L. CHEEK.

August 13, 2001 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Keystone Filler & Manufacturing Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RAISING DUST CURTAIN ON CRUSHER, HANDLE SLIPPED & CRUSHED FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE & PLATE CURTAIN USED TO STOP DUST.

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