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February 26, 2000 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A/C Fuels Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER CONVEYORS, COMPLAINED OF SORE BACK.

February 27, 1999 PA · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING RUBBER BELTING FOR A FLOOR MAT WHEN THE UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED FROM THE BELTING AND WENT ACROSS HIS UPPER RIGHT LEG, CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION.

September 20, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING A METAL SCREEN ON FORKLIFT. WHEN SCREEN WAS DROPPED ONTO FORKS, THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN BUMPED HIS ANKLE.

May 7, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON A CONVEYOR TROUGHING ROLLER WHEN HIS WRENCH BROKE. HE FELL BACKWARDS FROM THE JOLT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

March 12, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A STEEL CHUTE LINER INTO PLACE TO BE WELDED. AFTERWARDS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST.

June 3, 1997 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING BOLTS IN A LOOSE GRIZZLEY RAIL. HIS LEG SLIPPED BETWEEN TWO RAILS AND BRUISED HIS KNEE.

June 3, 1997 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING FORKS ON FORKLIFT, HAND SLIPPED OFF AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN FORKS AND METAL STRUCTURE.

May 20, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE FUEL LEVEL IN A D8 DOZER AND DURING THE PREPARATION CHECK HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

March 27, 1997 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

YEE WAS BRUSHING OFF SOME MATERIAL ON THE TOP OF THE MACHINE WHEN A SHARP EDGE CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE.

March 20, 1997 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE MORNIGN EQUIPMENT INSPECTIONS. AFTER INSPECTING CONDITION OF HAZEMAG CRUSHER, EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT FOOT WHEN TURNING AWAY TO LEAVE AREA.

February 24, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS PARTICIPATING IN A MOCK EMERGENCY DRIVE AT THE POWER PLANT CONVEYOR. HE WAS REMOVING A PATIENT ON A STRETCHER AND HAD TO LIFT THE STRETCHER ABOVE THE RAILING WHICH WAS SHOULDER HEIG HT.

December 17, 1996 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

LIFTING ROCKS OUT OF CHUTE, AND CHANGING HAMMERS. EE WAS STANDING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND TWISTED THE WRONG WAY WHILE PUSHING AND LIFTING.

November 2, 1995 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TEE WAS CLEANING SIDES OF SCREEN UNDERFLOW HOPPER WHEN SOME ACCUMULATION OF CULM FELL ON HIS HAND AND CAUSED HIS HAND TO BUMP UP AGAINST THE STEEL SIDE.

May 26, 1995 PA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAKING A TAP SPLICE ONTHE INSULATED QUADRAPLEX QIRE. HE WAS HOLDING OTHER WIRE OUT OF THE WAY AND STRIPPING INSULATION. KNIFE SLIPPED OFF WIRE AND STRUCK FINGER.

February 20, 1995 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TOWARDS THE END OF SHIFT, EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE HAD PAIN IN BACK, BUT COULD NOT PINPOINT A SPECIFIC TIME WHEN THE PAIN BEGAN.

November 22, 1994 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE THOUGHT CAUSTIC PUMP WAS NOT WORKING - WALKED OVER TO SEE IF SHAFT WAS TURNING. AT THIS POINT, HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH CAUSTIC, THROUGH SPLASH OR POSSIBLY BY HAND CONTAMINATION & RUBB ING EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS IN RESTRICTED AREA WITHOUT APPROVAL GEAR.

March 24, 1994 PA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A MOTOR CONTROL CENTER WITH A CRANE ASSISTING. WHILE PULLING AND LIFTING THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER THROUGH THE DOORWAY SIDEWAYS, HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK. AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY HE DID NOT GIVE MUCH THOUGHT TO THE MUSCLE PULL. IT AFFECTED HIS LEFT SIDE, LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP.

December 16, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Panther Creek Fuel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE LIFTED GUARD ON CONVEYOR BELT TO INSPECT AREA WHEN HIS GLOVE TOUCHED A ROLLER & CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

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