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February 4, 1986 PA · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Technology Corp · Fall down stairs

PERSON WAS LEAV3NG OFFICE AND HEEL OF FOOT CAUGHT HOLD OF STEP THERE FORE A NERVE WAS PINCHED IN HIS BACK.

June 30, 1985 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal Technology Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING MOUNTING FLANGE WEIGHT APPROX 300LB FOR CENTRIFUGE DRYER VICTIM WAS STANDING INSIDE DRYER HOUSING HE REMOVED LAST BOLT & FLANGE DROPPED STRIKING HIM ON LEFT LEG BETWEEN KNEE & ANKLE RESULT OF ACCIDENT WAS A FX

March 6, 1985 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Technology Corp · Fall onto or against objects

MINER WAS WORKI3G CLEANING CONVEYOR STEPPED UP WITH RT LEG AS SHE STEPPED HER RT KNEE WAS JARED ON SIDE OF CONVEYOR FOREMAN OBSERVED ACCIDENT MINER DID NOT THINK MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NECESSA BUT SINCE THAT 7IME PAIN CONTINUES IN AREA WHERE INJURY OCURRED

December 13, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Coal Technology Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

MINER WAS BURNING STEEL OVER HEAD WITH TORCHES WHEN A PIECE OF HOT METAL DROPPED AND BURNED HIS ARM

December 13, 1983 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Technology Corp · Fall from machine

EMPL SLIPPED ON WET CONVEYOR BELT FELL ON HIS BACK.

October 10, 1983 PA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Coal Technology Corp · Flash burns (electric)

ELECTRICIAN CALLED FROM HOME TO RESPOND TO CONTINUING FRUSTRATING PROBLEM IT APPEARS THAT INCORRECT APPLICATION OF TESTING DEVICE OR LESS PROBABLE CIRCUIT BREAKER INTERNAL BREAKDOWN TO BE ANAL YZED BY MANUFACTURER STARTED A PHASE TO PHASE ARC WHICH THREN BUILT TO INTENSE HEAT BEFORE EMPLOYEE THREW MAIN DISCONNECT SERIOUSLY BURNED ON HANDS ARMS CHEST AND FACE THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL

October 10, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Coal Technology Corp · Flash burns (electric)

PERSON WAS STNAIDNG LOOKING OVER ELECTRICIANS SHOULDER AND HOLDING A FLASHLIGHT WHEN A LARGE ELECTRICAL ARC OCCURRED THE INTENSE HEAT FROM THE PLASH OVER SEVERLKY BURNED THIS INDIVIDUAL THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL SHOCK

October 10, 1983 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Coal Technology Corp · Flash burns (electric)

INDIVIDUAL WAS STANDING NEXT TO ELECTRICIAN OUT OF CURIOUSITY ACCIDENTAL FLASHOVER OCCURRED APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN STARTED BY ERROR IN CONVERTING METER AND ALLOWED TO GROW DUE TO FUESE INSTEAD O F CIRCUIT BREAKER IN THE MAIN DISCONNECT AND AN EARTH LEAK DETECTOR DISCONNECTED DUE TO NUISANCE TRIPPING THE INDIVIDUAL WAS SERIOULSLY BURNED BY THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE FLASHOVER

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