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1983–2026
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November 7, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawkeye Services Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING EQUIPMENT AFTER PERFORNING MAINTENANCE WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE

May 9, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawkeye Services Corp · Struck by falling object

THE BATTERY HAD3OIL ON THE BOTTOM AND WHEN WE PICKED IT UP, IT JUST FELL OUT OF HIS HANDS BECAUSE OF THE OIL.

April 23, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawkeye Services Corp · Fall from machine

BACK INJURY RESULTING FRM FALL FROM EQUIPMENT ROCK TRUCK

March 27, 1985 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor OTHER
Hawkeye Services Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A MECHANICAL PROBLEM UNDERNEATH A ROCK TRUCK. AS HE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEG.

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