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October 13, 1994 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Queenstown Processing Inc · Struck by falling object

THE MAN AND HIS HELPER WERE LIFTING A SCREEN DECK, THE CHAIN HOLDING HTE DECK SLIPPED. THE DECK FELL STRIKING THE MAN. ON THE BACK AND SHOULDER.

October 29, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Queenstown Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS UNHOOKING A CHAIN FROM THE BOX THAT HE SAT ON WITH THE HILIFT. SEVERAL SMALL PLASTIC CONES ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX COLLAPSED & BOX SHIFTED SIDEWAYS & PINCHED HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE BOX & THE GROUND.

December 26, 1991 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Queenstown Processing Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE MAN WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE HI LIFT FJRONT END LOADER. UPON REACHING THE GROUND THE MAN PLACED HIS FOOT IN A RUT IN THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND STR IKE HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND AFTER HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF.

January 4, 1991 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Queenstown Processing Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED MAN ALONG WITH FELLOW EE WAS PULLING A WELDING CART OVER FROZEN AND VERY ROUGH GROUND WHEN THE INJURED MAN FELT A PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK.

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