EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MANUAL CHAIN HOIST WHEN 3/8" CHAIN BROKE HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER CAUSING A DEEP LACERATION ON THE ARM BETWEEN SHOULDER AND ELBOW.
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August 23, 1989
IN · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fossil Fuels Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
October 22, 1987
IL · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Allied Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE LIFTING A PUMP MOTOR HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT
June 20, 1983
IN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Fossil Fuels Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE PIN IN LOADER BUCKET WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF CAB REACHED FOR CONTROLLS CAUSING BUCKET TO DROP AND CATCH HIS TWO FINGERS IN BUCKET ARMS
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