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December 11, 1995 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carbon Recovery Associates · Fall from machine

CONTRACTORE TRUCK DRIVER HAULING COAL TO A LOAD DOCK AT A RIVER SITE, CLIMBED UP ON TRUCK TRAILER BETWEEN THE TRACTOR AND THE TRAILER TO GET A TARP STRAP FROM THE TOP OF THE TRAILER, THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND, HE FELL AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. HE ALSO HAD MINOR CUTS TO HIS HEAD.

March 20, 1991 IL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

WIND WAS BLOXING HARD, HE HAD HIS SAFETY SHIELD ON THE WIND BLEW A METAL FLAKE OF STEEL UNDER THE SHIELD INTO HIS EYE.

October 23, 1989 IL · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STERN CABLE ON R SIDE OF DREDGE CAUGHT IN DIRT ETHEN LET LOOSE WHEN I WAS STANDING ABOUT 6' AWAY DOWN ERIDE FROM IT LET LOOSE AND HIT ME BESIDE THE HEAD

March 3, 1987 IL · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE DREDGE OP W5S HELPING CHANGE THE MAIN PIPE LINE FROM THE DREDGE TO THE TANK. THE PIPE ENDS GET SHARP FROM BEING WORN. THE DREDGE OP PUT HIS HAND IN T HE PIPE TO LIFT IT UP & CUT HIS FINGE R ON THE WORN 9DGE. THE MIDDLE FINGER ON T HE DREDGE OP'S LEFT HAND REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

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