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EMP. EXPERIENCED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK WHILE OPERATING A LOADER AT THE TIPPKE SITE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO LEE HOSPITAL, JOHNSTON, PA., AND LATER THAT DAY WAS FLOWN BY LIFE FLIGH T TO ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL, PITSBURGH, PA.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START HIGHLIFT AND RAISED HOOD TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN ORDER TO S TART ENGINE WIND CAUGHT HOOD AND TWISTED EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER
EMPL CLIMBING LADDER TO TOP OF COAL BIN 5-6 STEPS OFF GROUND WHILE CARRYING 5 GAL BUCKET FILLED HALF FULL OF FUEL OIL.WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP RUNG OF THE LADDER HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK WITH SHARP PAIN.
EMPLOYEE HAD DISMOUNTED TRUCK AND WAS ENTERING SCALEHOUSE BY WAY OF CATWALK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE-COVERED SCALES AND FELL ON CATWALK (GRATING) AND INJURED KNEE; HOWEVER THE INJURY DID NOT BOTHER HIM TO THE POINT WHERE HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL FLUID BUILT UP ON 3/4/88.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO LOAD CAOL ONTO RAIL CARS. AS HE DISMOUNTED RAIL CAR, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHEN HE REACHED THE GROUND LVEL THEREBY TWISTING AND BRUISING LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO BEGIN WORK BY CLEANING FROST AND ICE FROM WINDSHIELD OF LOADER WHEN HS SLIPPED ON EQUIPMENT AND FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HAND ON THE FUEL TANK AS HE A TTEMPTED TO CAT7H HIMSELF DURING THE FALL AND BROKE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A 175 MICHIGAN RUBBER TIRED HIGHLIFT. APPARENTLY, THE POUNDING AND JARRYING OF THE EQUIPMENT ON THE ROADWAY PLUS THE POOR CONDITION OF THE SEAT AIR SHOCKS CAUSED THE INJ URY. 3
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT QUICK MOVEMENT FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, CAUSED BY THE ROUGH ROAD AS WELL AS UP AND DOWN AT THE SAME TIME, HAS CAUSED THE INJURY.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A G RADE ON A POND DISCHARGE PIPE, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICY POND BANK SLIDING APPROX 4\ ONTO THE FROZEN POND SURFACE