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October 20, 1995 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE BOULDER UNDER LUBE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS BACK.

October 8, 1995 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE TRUCK, WHEN HE REACHED THEH BOTTOM STEP HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND DISLOCATING LEFT SHOULDER.

September 15, 1995 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING SUMP PUMP BENCH OVER TO PICK UP HOSE SAID THAT FELL OFF PICKED UP HAT STOOD UP & HIT HEAD ON A 4"VALVE FLANGE

August 21, 1995 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PROCEEDED TO GO DOWN RAMP INTO JO. APPLIED FOOT BRAKE TO FLOOR. HAD AIR PRESSURE, NO BRAKES. APPLEID RETARDER BRAKE AND STILL DID NOT STOP TRUCK. APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO A STOP.

June 14, 1995 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING TO BACK OF MACHINE TO THROTTLE UP. WHEN HE WAS RETURNING, HE SLIPPED ON OIL SPILL AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

May 26, 1995 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ON THE GRADER-WHEN STEPPING UP ON THE BLADE TO STEP ON THE LADDER, FOOT SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT AND TWISTED ANKLE.

March 1, 1995 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPAIRING THE FILTER WHEN HE CUT HIS HARD.

November 23, 1994 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOWERING MOTOR INTO POSITION USING CHAIN FALL. USING CHAIN FALL IRRITATED ELBOW.

November 19, 1994 PA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ENTERING P-7SITE WHEN IRVIN TRUCK 101 DRIVEN BY OTHER DUNKER WAS LEAVING P-7 SITE. EE ENTERED THE SITE ROAD WITH THE BRIGHT MORNING SUN BLINDING HIM. TRUCK COLLIDED HEAD ON. EE WAS TAKE N TO PHILIPSBURG AREA HOSPTIAL BY OTHER.

October 27, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE LUBRICATES LEVEL ON O&K SHOVELS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE SHOVEL.

October 21, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON THE FRONT OF ROCK TRUCK. WHILE STEPPING FROM ONE RUNG TO THE NEXT, HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

October 15, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK AND WASH PLANT A PORTION OF FLOORING WAS REMOVED THE MAKE REPAIR. HE TURNED AND STEPPED INTO THE HOLE FALLING APPROX. 4 FEET.

September 19, 1994 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A RH 200 OK FACE SHOVEL LOADING ROCK TRUCKS. HE WAS FILLING BUCKET AND HOISTING BOOM WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE FLEW LETTING THE BOOM DROP VERY SHORT AND QUICK. HE WAS ABLVE TO STA Y IN SEAT BUT EXPERIENCING LIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK PAIN.

September 9, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE OPERATING THE ROCK TRUCK, THE STEERING WHEEL WHIPPED & CAUGHT HER RT ARM, INJURING HER RT. SHOULDER.

August 29, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING THE LADDER ONTO ROCK TRUCK, HE SLIPPED ON FIRST RUNG AND HIT RIGHT KNEE ON FRONT BUMPER, RESULTING IN SWELLING OF KNEE.

July 30, 1994 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WAS WORKING ON RH120C, CHANGING OIL AND BUCKET WHILST HAMMERING A PIN ON THE BUCKET OF A RH120C , A FRAGMENT FLEW OFF INTO THE RIGHT EYE.

July 29, 1994 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HOSING FILTER CAKE CONVEYOR WITH A 1 1/2" HOSE IN WASH PLANT WHEN DIRT SPLASHED IN LEFT EYE.

June 22, 1994 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LUBE MAN WAS CHECKING OIL IN TRUCK 128. OPERATOR BLASTED HORN IN LEFT EAR WHILE HE WAS DESCENDING LADDER.

May 20, 1994 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED WHILE CLEANING PARTS ON MAGNETIC SEPARATOR AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED BY HAD AN OPERATION ON KNEE ON 7-18-94. WILL BE OFF WORK FOR APPRO X. 4-6 WEEKS.

April 21, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER WAS DESCENDING LADDER ON FRONT OF ROCK TRUCK. SHE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP AND HIT HER CHEST ON THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE TRUCK.

April 11, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO HIS OPERATOR CAB. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TOP RUNG AND HE FELL APPROX. 8' TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT LEG, JARRING HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE WENT TO S EE A CHIROPRACTOR.

April 11, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

UNKNOWN - OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS BACK & NUMBNESS IN FINGERS.

February 4, 1994 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF PLATE STEEL TAKING OFF NAIL

November 19, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A WOODEN CRATE INTO A LOADER BUCKET. THE CRATE FELL BACKWARDS AND BENT THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT WRIST BACK.

November 3, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING ROCK TRUCK ON ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS WHICH CAUSED SOME JARRING TO HIS BACK.

September 16, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING TRUCK ON THE JOB, EMPLOYEE UPSET TRUCK CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT LEG.

August 19, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPL WAS PATCHING A 10" STEEL PIPE, WAS STANDING ON A 5' WOODEN LADDER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PATCHLEAK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OF LADDER TWISTING & STRICKING LEFT ANKLE.

August 4, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS SITTING IN HIS TRUCK WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED. A ROCK FELL OFF THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET OF THE LOADING VEHICLE AND HIT THE EDGE OF THE TRUCK BED. THIS JOLTED THE TRUCK DRIVER.

July 6, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF LADDER WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF 785 ROCK TRUCK.

June 18, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Power Operating Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MEC. WAS JUMP STARTING LOADE AND BATTERY EXPLODED IN MEC FACE CAUSING BURNS TO EYES.

June 7, 1993 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM THE LOADER, LOST HIS FOOTING ON LAST STEP AND FELL TO GROUND.

May 12, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAB DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON EMPLOYEE'S FINGER, WHEN HE WAS EXITING THE ROCK TRUCK.

May 4, 1993 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING SUMP PUMP AND FELL THROUGH HOLE WHERE PUMP WAS MOUNTED.

April 29, 1993 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING WATER IN RADIATOR. EMPLOYEE RELEASED RADIATOR CAP TO FAST CAUSING STEAM TO HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ARM, STOMACH, CHEST AND PART OF FACE.

February 26, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING ROCK TRUCK. HE STEPPED OFF THE STAIRS ONTO ICE, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO BACK.

February 6, 1993 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHEN CRANE OPERATOR STARTED TO LIFT STEEL PLATE WITH HYDRAULIC TRUCK CRANE TO PLACE IN A VERTICAL POSITION EE TRIED TO TURN THE PLATE. AT THIS TIME THE CHAIN THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE CRANE SLI PPED CAUSING THE PLATE TO FALL ON THE EE.

February 4, 1993 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF PLATE STEEL TAKING OFF NAIL.

January 13, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CUT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND HELPING TO REPAIR O & K 120 HOIST CYC AT SHOP.

September 4, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A LOADED ROCK TRUCK. AS THE BED OF THE TRUCK WAS RISING TO UNLOAD A HYDRAULIC LINE BLEW OUT ON THE LIFT ALLOWING THE BED TO FALL BACK DOWN THE WEIGHT OF THE LOAD BOUNCED THE TRU CK AROUND CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE TOSSED INSIDETHE CAB.

July 17, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FROM HSI TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON THE LAST RUNG. HE SUNK INTO THE MUD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.

July 13, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS FIXING THE HYDRAULIC VALVE ON A ROCK TRUCK AND CUT HIS FINGER ON A SHARP PIECE OF METAL.

June 17, 1992 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler FIRE
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE EE WAS LOADING TRUCKS HE NOTICED SMOKE CAUSING OUT OF HIS MACHINES ENGINE. HE SHUT DOWN THE MACHINE. WHEN HE GOT OUT OF HIS M,ACHINE HE SAW THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. HE JUMPED FROM THE MAC HINE A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 12 FEET TO THE GROUND. IN DOING SO, HE CRACKED THE BONE IN HIS LEFT HEEL.

June 17, 1992 PA · Coal boomcat operator, stripping shovel operator FIRE
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

FIRE STARTED AT LEFT MAIN HYD. PUMP. HYDRAULIC LINE CRACKED SHOWERING THE ENGINE WITH OIL WHICH CAUGHT FIRE.

June 12, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF STEEL THERE WAS A SHARP EDGE ON IT WHICH CUT HIS FINGER. IT REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.

March 15, 1992 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THAW OUT AN AIR HOSE ON A ROCK TRUCK. THE AIR HOSE GOT LOOSE AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE ON THE LOWER FOREHEAD AND JUST ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.

February 23, 1992 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A GRADER TO CHECK THE OIL HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE RAILING CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND. HE BRUISED SOME OF HIS RIGHT SIDE AND SHOULDER AREA.

February 20, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE ROCK TRUCK. HE HAD MUD ON HIS BOOTS AND SLIPPED ON THE LADDER FALLING FORWARD ONTO THE LEFT KNEE. HE BRUISED THE KNEE.

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