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May 3, 1994 OH · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF 2 INCH STEEL VERTICAL PIPE BY HIMSELF. THE PIPE WAS PLUGGED WITH MUD, THE PIPE SUDDENLY DROPPED CAUSING EE TO REACT WITH A JERKING MOTION TO KEEP THE PIPE FROM FALLI NG OR HITTING HIM. THIS CAUSING BACK INJURY.

January 10, 1994 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A RAW COAL CRUSHER, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIM ON THE LOWER BORTION OF HIS CHIN, CAUSING A LACERATION. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR & GIVEN 4 STITCHES.

May 3, 1993 OH · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING DENSITY GAUGE SOURCES ON THE OCDO SIDE OF THE FACUILITY.

July 29, 1992 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

55061S CHIPPING WELDING SLAG FROM A PIPE WELD HE HUST COMPLETED. A PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES CATCHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

June 18, 1992 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Fall from machine

95465ING SM PUMP HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN SUMP TORN LIGAMENT BELOW KNEE

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