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August 8, 1995 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WAS WORKING ON DOZIER DRIVING PIN OUT WITH TOOL PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN EYE.

April 13, 1995 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS WELDING ON EQUIPMENT (992-C LOADER) HAD PROTECTIVE HOOD, BUT WAS WELDING A PLACE THAT WAS HARD TO GET TO.

October 3, 1994 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Abston Construction Company Inc · Fall from ladders

STARTED UP THE LADDER ON ROCK TRUCK-LUNCH BUCKET IN ONE HAND-FOOT SLIPPED BUMPED KNEE, THEN JUMPED THE REST OF WAY DOWN, FOOT WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG AND KNEE.

January 22, 1993 AL · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE HAD BEEN DRILLING, HE WENT TO PUT THE FEET DOWN ON THE DRILL. THEY DID NOT COME DOWN TOGETHER. THE DRILL WAS UNBALANCED AND TURNED OVER WITH HIM IN IT, RESULTING IN HIS INJURIES.

January 20, 1993 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE HAD BEEN DOING REPAIRS ON THE BED OF ROCK TRUCK IN THE CAB, CRANKED IT UP. THE BED WOULD NOT COME DOWN. HE PULLED THE LEVER AND MOVED THE TRUCK, THE BED THEN COME DOWN REAL HARD.

September 8, 1992 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON DRIVERSHAFT OF TEREX ROCK TRUCK STRAINED OR BUMPED SHOULDER

April 24, 1992 AL · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WORKING IN OUR SHOP PICKED UP A PIECE OF PIPE THEN SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS NECK CAUSED HIM PAIN

April 15, 1992 AL · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Abston Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE HAD CLIMBED DOWN FROM TRUCK TO USE THE BATHROOM, WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING BACK UP, HE THINKS HE BUMPED HIS HEAD, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL.

March 9, 1992 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE ARE MOVING EQUIPMENT TO ANOTHER LOCATION EE WAS RUNNING AN AIRWRENCH THE WRENCH SLIPPED SPRUNG HIS LEFT HAND DIRT WENT IN HIS EYE AND SCRATCHED IT.

September 19, 1991 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER WAS TRYING TO ASSIST CAT TRUCK TO DUMP-PICKED UP REAR END OF CAT,SLIPPED FROM LOADER DROPPED.

November 7, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFITING PIECE OF STEEL WHEN HE STRAINED BACK.

April 16, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING TIRE ON POWDER TRUCK AND SMASHED FINGER.

November 24, 1989 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED GOT STUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE PUSHED HIM OUT HURT NECK WHEN OTHER VEHICLE PUSHED OUT

September 27, 1989 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A TRACK IN BULL DOZER HE WAS HOLDING LARGE PIN WHILE AN ASSISTANT W NAME WAS POUNDIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HAND AND PIN TO STRIKE JAW

August 31, 1989 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

BURNT EYES FORM REFLECTIONS FORM ARC WELDING WHILE HELPING WELDER

April 13, 1989 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINEL WITH PAIN IN NECK. HE IS A DOZEN OPERATOR AND MOTION OF MACHINE CAUSED PAIN TO GET WORSE. HE WENT TO DR. CALLED AND ADVISED SURGURY WAS NEEDED.

February 21, 1986 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HO3STING A LARGE CYLINDER AND THE CHAIN SLIPPED CAUSING THE CYLINDER TO SMASH DOWN ON HIS HAND.

January 3, 1986 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS ST9PPING OFF OF MACHINE TO SERVICE IT AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

August 28, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Abston Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF A T@RACTOR AND SLIPPED, HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND JAMMED HIS FINGER INTO HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE HADTO UNDERGO SURGERY TO SET FINGER.

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