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February 17, 1999 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

THE DECK OF THE END DUMP HAD SOME OIL ON IT ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOUSRS MAD THE DECK VERY SLIPPERY.

July 17, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE HELPING A WELDER WORK ON A SET OF TRACKS, EE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER BENT OVER.

March 25, 1998 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN A DOZER ENGINE. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF OF THE MACHINE HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF ONTO THE GROUND.

November 17, 1997 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall down stairs

WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS OUT OF TRAILER, SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HEAD.

September 16, 1997 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HAND SLIPPED OFF WRENCH CUTTING LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A HOSE CLAMP, WHILE REPAIRING WATER LINE USING PIPE WRENCHES.

June 2, 1997 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE TAKING OFF A TRACK ON A DOZER, EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE TRACKS IT WAS ON THE GROUND, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE BOOM OF THE TIRE TRUCK.

May 30, 1997 PA · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

A 824 RUBBER TIRE DOZER. THE OPERATOR SHUT THE MACHINE DOWN TO TALK TO THE FOREMAN. HE DID THAT ON A SLIGHT GRADE. AFTER ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, THE OPERATOR REALIZED THE BRAKE DID NOT HOLD THE MACHINE. THE MACHINE STARTED TO MOVE, THE OPERATOR JUMPED OFF.

April 2, 1997 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DUE TO THE FROST COMING OUT OF THE GROUND, THE HAUL ROADS WERE ROUGH. THE ROUGH ROADS CAUSED HIMTO JAR HIS BACK.

March 10, 1997 PA · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING COAL IN THE PREP PLANT, THE SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN THE GRATING ON THE FLOOR AS HE PUSHED THE SHOVEL HE TWISTED HIS BACK

February 1, 1997 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

E-129 AND 3-131 HAD A RIDE CLY. LOW THE DRIVER SAYS THE ROUGH RIDE CAUSED HIS BACK TO BE JARRED.

December 9, 1996 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF THE RUBBER TIRE DOZER,AND SLIPPED OFF LANDING ON HIS FEET BUT HURTING HIS LEG AND HIS LEFT HAND.

November 26, 1996 PA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING OUT GRINDING MACHINE (CRUSHER). STOOPED OVER TO REMOVE BOTTOM BIN OF CRUSHER, FELT BACK PULLING AND TIGHTENING UP AND PULLED STOMACH MUSCLES.

November 7, 1996 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF A 777 ROCK TRUCK SLIPPED ADN FELL ADN HURT HIS LEFT KNEE.

October 31, 1996 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MOVING STEEL CHANNEL INTO A LOADER BUCKET BY HAND. AS HE WAS LOADING PIECES OF STEEL HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LOWER BACK OR STRAIN.

October 18, 1996 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE CLIMBING ONTO THE TRACK OF A TRACKHOE, THE OPERATOR KICKED MUD AND DIRT INTO HIS EYE'S FROM THE TRACKS OF THE MACHINE.

August 31, 1996 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS EXITING LOADER AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

August 9, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A PUMP INTO PLACE USING A 1/2" CHAIN & HYD. EXCAVATOR. HAD CHAIR PLACED ON FRONT OF PUMP AND PUT AROUND TOOTH ON BUCKET OF EXCAVATOR AND MOTIONED FOR DRIVER TO SLIDE PUMP IN WHEN CHAIN TIGHTENED IT SLIPPED OFF TOOTH AND HIT EE ON HARD HAT AND LEFT HAND.

July 28, 1996 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS SETTING A PUMP TO LINE IT UP. MACHINE SET DOWN ON FLAPPER OF PUMP CAUSING A BOLT TO BREAK AND A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.

May 20, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING A CHALK LINE WHEN THE LINE BROKE CAUSING THE METAL END TO COME BACK AND SHATTER GLASSES.

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