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October 7, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M E Wallace Company · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE HAD TRAVELED A STAIRWAY TO THE SECOND LEVEL SEVERAL TIMES KNOWING A CROWBAR HAD BEEN PLACED ON ONE OF THE STEPS WHILE ASCENDING THE STAIRWAY HE REQUESTED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE I T THE OTHER EMPLOYEE DID NOT REMOVE IT AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING THE STAIRWAY

July 19, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M E Wallace Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE FIRST INJURED HIMSELF ON 7-19-85 SHACKING 50 LB BAGS. INJURY REOCCURED ON 7-29-85.

June 26, 1985 PA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M E Wallace Company · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

REMOVING PULLEY AND SHAFT FROM SCREW CONVEYOR PULLEY AND SHAFT SLIPPED.

February 23, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M E Wallace Company · Struck by falling object

MOVING EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE WAY IN PREPARATION FOR INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC MOTOR

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