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January 3, 1996 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING COUNTER WEIGHT WITH SHOP OVERHEAD HOIST. LIFTING POINTS PROVIDED ON COUNTER WEIGHT WOULD NOT CENTE RLOAD. WHEN COUNTER WEIGHT CAME OFF MOUNTING STUDS, IT ROTATED AND STRUCK MECHANIC IN THE HEAD WITH THE LIFTING CHAINS.

February 21, 1995 ND · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE OPERATING SCRAPER AND HIT A ROCK WITH THE FRONT TIRE JARRING HIS BACK.

April 28, 1994 ND · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE OPERA TING S-27 CUT ACROSS THE SUBSOIL AREA RAN OVER A ROCK

March 25, 1994 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Rubbed or abraded

EE RUBBED HIS EYE WITH HIS GLOVES ON A PIECE OF METAL MUST HAVE BEEN ADHERED TO HIS GLOVE AND HE RUBBED IT IN HIS EYE.

March 14, 1994 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REMOVING A PIN FROM TURNING LATHE HIT HIS HAND ON THE DRILL BIT AND CUT HIS HAND ABOVE THUMB AREA.

September 23, 1993 ND · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACK STARTED HURTING, STEPPED OFF SCRAPER TO WALK AROUND & FOUND HE COULDN'T STRAIGTEN ALL THE WAY UP.

January 27, 1992 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELT PAIN IN BACK WHILE CLIMBING LADDER OF 834 DOZER

August 14, 1990 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALIGNMENT TOOL USED TO INSTALL SEAT SLIPPED & PUNCTURED RIGHT HAND

July 25, 1990 ND · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Cooperative Services · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED SLIPPED WHILE TRYING TO THROW STEEL FROM GRAVEL SCREEN SUFFERED CUT ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND LOOSE TOOTH FROM STRIKING SIDE OF SCREEN

May 14, 1990 ND · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TURNING DOWN PIN IN LATHE CAUGHT FILE ON PIN. PIN THREADS CAUGHT FILE AND SPUN IT INTO FINGER.

April 23, 1990 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Basin Cooperative Services · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNED HEAD FELT PAIN

March 23, 1990 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING OIL COOLER INTO HAUL TRUCK TWISTED NECK AND SHOULDER.

March 15, 1990 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PARTICLE IN EYE FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE.

January 8, 1990 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against stationary object

HIT HEAD WHILE ENTERING CAB OF FUEL TRUCK.

August 30, 1989 ND · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

HE BACKED OVER A ROCK WITH A DOZER. HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN. VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

March 30, 1989 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOUNTING TIRE ON TRUCK FELT BACK PAIN.VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

March 27, 1989 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PULLING HIS TOOL CART A CROSS THE SHOP FLOOR. HE STUMBLED AND THE CART WENT ONTO HIS LEFT HEEL CAUSING A BRUISE.

March 14, 1989 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

CUSHION HITCH ON SCRAPER NOT WORKING.POOR RIDE OF SCRAPER CAUSED BACK PAIN-VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

January 11, 1989 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Cooperative Services · Fall from machine

SLIPPED & FELL MOUNTING SCRAPER.VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

December 12, 1988 ND · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Cooperative Services · Fall from machine

SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING MOTOR GRADER- HIT TAIL BONE. VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

December 8, 1988 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A HAMMER WHILE INSTALLING A BUSHING ON A DOZER ARM BONE FRACTURED LEFT HAND.

April 21, 1988 ND · Coal FIRE
Basin Cooperative Services · Contact with hot objects or substances

ALCOHOL BOTTLE EXPLODED WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE INJURED WAS USING ALCOHOL TO MELT PLASTIC IN SAFETY GLASS

October 22, 1987 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against stationary object

CHANGING SPIKES3ON CULTIVATOR WITH AIR WRENCH.SHARP BOLT SPUN CUT RIGHT THUMB.REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.

September 22, 1987 ND · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME TWISTED 2IS RT ARM WHEN THE ELECTRIC DRILL HE WAS USING TO LOOSEN A BOLT SPUN WHEN THE BOLT BECAME STUCK

August 17, 1987 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by flying object

A PIECE OF META5 HIT EYE WHILE USING GRINDER I.NAME WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES

January 14, 1987 ND · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN PICK UP WHICH HIT A BUMP. EMPLOYEE WENT TO A CHIROPRATOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS LATER.

August 18, 1986 ND · Coal ELECTRICAL
Basin Cooperative Services · Contact with electrical current

TWO EMPLOYEE OF3DAKOTA FIRE AND SAFETY WERE ON SERVICE JOB ON UNIT W-2 COAL SHOVEL. SERVICE WAS ON FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. MAN RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH COLL ECTOR RING IN A9EA ABOVE THE LOCATION OF SUPPRESSIONS SYSTEM.

March 28, 1986 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by falling object

IT IS NOT POSSI6LE TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT THE ACCIDENT APPEARED AS THOUGH IT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM A TIRE FALLING FROM SLINGS WHICH WAS USED IN TIRE REPAIR

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