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July 11, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Intercarbon Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING O3 ROLLS FOR CRUSHER, PIN WAS LOADGED AND EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN INTO CRUSHER TO GET A BAR TO DISLODGE PIN. HE WAS CLIMBING BACK OUT OF CRUSHER WHEN BAR SOME HOW DISLODGED PIN AND ROLL FELL PINN3NG EMPLOYEE AGAINST WALL OF CRUSHER.

July 11, 1986 PA · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Intercarbon Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WENT TO 2ELP EMPLOYEE PINNED BY ROLL IN CRUSHER. AND JUMPED DOWN INTO CRUSHER; NOT SEETING BATTERY LAYING ON THE FLOOR OF THE CRUSHER BATTERY ROLLED OVER WHEN I,NAME'S LEFT FOOT HIT THE CORNER OF IT A3D BROKE HIS FOOT.

April 16, 1986 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Intercarbon Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EVIDENTLY LATCH9S ON BACK WINDOW OF BACKHOE WERENOT SECURE AND WHEN BACKHOE WAS IN OPERATION WINDOW RELEASED AND FELL ON HEAD OF THE OPERATOR

January 24, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Intercarbon Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

MAN WAS GRINDIN1 BURRS OFF BEARRING SEAT & HOT SPARK HIT HIM ON CHECK & ROLLED UP UNDER GLASSES & INTO HIS EYE.

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