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August 21, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Lignite Products Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE DROPPED HIS TAPE MEASURE, BENT OVER AND TURNED TO THE LEFT TO PICK IT UP.

August 10, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Lignite Products Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN CLEANING CHUTES WHEN HE TURNED AROUND AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE EDGE OF AN 8" I-BEAM.

August 6, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Lignite Products Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHLE LIFTING A 50LB TMP BAG HE TWISTED HIS BACK

July 19, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Lignite Products Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

TRACTOR'S RADIATOR WAS OVERHEATING. WHEN EMPLOYEE PULLED OFF RADIATOR CAP, BOILING WATER WAS SPRAYED OVER HIM.

April 22, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Lignite Products Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRAGGING A FIRE HOSE TO WASH DOWN MILL.

February 21, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
American Lignite Products Company · Struck by flying object

DUMPING LOAD LIGNITE OFF TRUCK HYDRAULIC HOSE BLEW APART CAUSNG RAM OIL UNDRER PRESSURE TO STRIKE BACK WINDOW SSHTTERING BACK WINDOW BLOWING OUT FRONT WINDOW.

February 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Lignite Products Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REPLACING TOP COVER PLATE ON TOP ROTOCEL AND HE GOT A PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER WHEN HE LIFTED THE PLATE.

February 1, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Lignite Products Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING A HANDRAIL ALONG A PLATFORM WITH A HAND-HELD SPRAYER WHEN HE CLIMBED UP ON THE HANDRAIL AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST.

January 12, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Lignite Products Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE REMOVING TIN FROM ROOF A PIECE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND CUTTING HIS RIGHT ARM.

February 24, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Lignite Products Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMP WAS PULLING3A FIRE HOSE TO WASH AREA DOWN AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

October 15, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Lignite Products Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAD STEPPED TO THE LEFT OF THE BAGGING MACHINE AS THE BAG WAS FILLING TO ADJUST THE WEIGHT ON THE BAG WEIGHT LIMIT BAR WHEN THE BAG FILLED AND STARTED TO FALL OFF THE FILLING TUBE. THE EMPL OYEE REACHED FOR THE BAG WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, HOWEVER, HE MISSED THE BAG AND STUCK HIS HAND INTO BAG FILLING TUBE.

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