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March 14, 1988 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midway Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE EMP. WAS MAKING SHIFT INSPECTIONS ON THE MARION DRAGLLINE, HE SLIPPED ON SIME GREASE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

February 24, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midway Coal Company · Fall from machine

WORKER SLIPPED OFF MACHINE BENT THUMB BACK.

November 5, 1987 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midway Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS SIPHONI3G POND WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN A METAL PIPE AND METAL STAND

February 4, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midway Coal Company · Struck by falling object

LABORER WAS CHECKING MOTOR OIL LEVEL OF ASH TRUCK WHEN HOOD FELL DOWN ON HIS RT HAND

November 5, 1984 PA · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Midway Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AS DRAGLINE BUCKET WAS DIGGING SHOT OVERBURDEN 12\ ABOVE COAL SEAM AN UNPLANNED EXPLOSION OCCURRED FROM AN UN-DETONATED HERCULES UNIGEL PRIMER. THE BLAST CAUSED THE CORNER TOOTH OF THE BUCKET TO BE SEVERED AND LOOSE PIECES OF SHALE ROCK TO BE SCATTERE D IN PIT AREA

February 16, 1984 PA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midway Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING ROLLERS ON BELT SLIPPED FALLING AND CAUGHT R. FOOT BETWEEN ROLLER AND FRAME CAUSING HIM TO HANG UP-SIDE DOWN

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