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January 25, 1993 PA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glacial Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE MANUALLY CLEANING COAL REFUSE AND DEBRIS FROM FACE OF GRIZZLEY.

January 7, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glacial Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPAIRING A ROUST-A-BOUT AT THE PIPE CONNECTED TO THE SECONDARY PUMP, THE PIPE SLIPPED PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S FIFTH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE PIPE AND PUMP FLANGE.

January 6, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glacial Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CERAMIC LIKER BEING PLACED IN CYCLANE WAS MANUALLY BEING LOWERED WHEN IT SLIPPED, TRAPPING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS BETWEEN THE LINER AND THE BOWL OF THE CYCLONE.

June 13, 1989 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glacial Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLED BACK MUSCLE WHILE PUSHING IN A D-9 TRANSMISSION EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME UNTIL 070789

February 25, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glacial Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP STEPS INTO A DOZER AND SLIPPED ON STEPS AND FELL.

October 12, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glacial Minerals Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE AND ME7HANIC WERE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE A EQUALIZER PIN WITH A B & O HAMMER THE MECHANIC WENT TO HIS TRUCK TO GET A PUNCH WHEN THE OPERATOR HIT THE PIN WITH A B & O HAMMER CAUSING A PI ECE OF STEEL TO3ENTER THE LEFT EYE

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