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July 16, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Agers Mining Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS BR3NGING A CHAIN HOIST DOWN STEPS FROM MILL SLIPPED ON STEPS AND FELL DOWN THE FLIGHT OF STEPS

July 7, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agers Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON LOADER BATTERY CABLES WHICH ARE LOCATED UNDER A LIFT UP SEAT SEAT FELL ON EMPLOYEES HAND

June 18, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Agers Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A GRINDER ON PIECE OF STEEL; STEEL FLAKED AND SMALL PIECE OF WENT INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

December 4, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Agers Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF LOADER ONTO ROCK RESULTING IN BROKEN FOOT

September 20, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agers Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO SHOVEL BLOOD VESSEL BURST IN LEFT LEG. LEG WAS IMMEDIATELY SWOLLEN.

September 13, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Agers Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A GEAR FROM MILL BY USING SLEDGE HAMMER PIECE OF STEEL SHATTERED FROM GEAR STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN STOMACH

August 13, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Agers Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AIDING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE A GEAR FROM A SCREEN SHAFT IN THE MILL. 2ND EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE GEAR; HAMMER BOUNCED OFF GEAR INTO EMPLOYEE #1.

September 25, 1984 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agers Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ROCK FROM THE CAGE INTO THE DIRT PAN & STRAINED BACK.

April 5, 1984 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Agers Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYE WAS CLIMBING STEPS TO CAB OF TRUCK SLIPPED ON THE STEPS AND STRUCK HEAD

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