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September 5, 1991 IN · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING D7G TO FUEL IT. HAD JUST RAIN, SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK HIT PUSH ARM WITH RIGHT SIDE OF BODY, THUMB OF RIGHT HAND CUT BY FUEL NOZLLE.

July 12, 1991 IN · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING OFF OF A MG SET ON A DRAGLINE SLIPPED WITH ALL BODY WEIGHT ON RT LEG HIT LEG ON BARREL

June 6, 1991 IN · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS LUBRICANT THE MAIN GEAR CASE SLIPPED & HIT KNEE & LEG

June 5, 1991 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING CLOSE R R CAR DOOR WITH PRY BAR OTHER EMP WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND PRY BAR SLIPPED STRUCK ON HEAD

February 14, 1991 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HELPING MECHANIC AIR TIRE UP.HAD A CHAIN AROUND TIRE TWISTING CHAIN WITH A BAR.

November 9, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Associates Mining Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS LOADING A CRANE ON TO A LOWBOY TRAILER THE CRANE SLIPPED OFF THE SIDE AND OVER TURN EE JUMP OFF AND INJURY HISSELF.

November 9, 1990 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Associates Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS OPERATING 637E SCRAPER & STARTED TO HAVE PAIN.

November 1, 1990 IN · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ADJUSTING HOIST DRUM BRAKE. EE TOLD THE OILER TO RELEASE THE BRAKE HOLDING THE DRUM. WHEN THE OILER RELEASED THE BRAKE THE DRUM ROTATED AND A BOLT PROTRUDING FROM THE DRUM GRABBED EMPLO YEE PANTS CUFF PULLING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE DRUM AND A GAURD.

October 27, 1990 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FINISHED FUELING EQUIPMENT, HE ROLLED UP FUEL HOSE, NOZZLE HIT EMPLOYEE RIGHT KNEE.

October 19, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WORKING WITH OTHER MECHANIC IN PLACING PIN IN 777B BED. FOREIGN OBJECT ENTER EYE.

October 5, 1990 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Associates Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS OPERATING D10L DOZER BACK OVER ROCK DUST IN CAB GOT INTO EYE.

October 3, 1990 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF MACHINE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL, HITTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST SIDE OF MACHINE.

September 15, 1990 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Associates Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WAS LOADING MAT ON FLAT BED TRUCK UNHOOK CHAIN CABLE ON END OF MAT FELL AGAINST EMPL.

July 20, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Associates Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS WORKING IN SHOP WHEN THUNDER STORM BLEW DOWN SHOP DOOR DOOR HIT EMPL IN INJURY AREA.

July 1, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING CAT SCRAPER. HE SLIPPED OFF STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST MACHINE. THUS CAUSING ABRASION TO RIGHT KNEE.

June 11, 1990 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST BEEN VERABLLY REMINDED BY HIS SUPERVISOR FOR INADQUIATE QUILTY IN HIS WORK PERFORMACNE. EMPLOYEE THEN ENTERED THE WAREHOUSE AND IN A STATE OF ANGER STRUCK A METAL PARTS CABI NET WITH HIS LEFT WRIST.

March 7, 1990 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER FUELING DOZER ON MUD SURFACE TURING TO RIGHT HAD SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK

February 6, 1990 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Associates Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

ON 2/26/90 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE HAD BACK PAIN AS A RESULT OF AN INCIDENT ON 2/6/90. ON THAT DATE, EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN END-DUMP TRUCK. AS HE WAS DUMPING A LOAD, ONE OF THE BED CYLIN DERS BROKE, CAUSING THE BED TO RISE ABRUPTLY WHICH JARRED THE TRUCK AND THE EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR WHO PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

January 17, 1990 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Associates Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

ON JAN 25,1990 EMPL REPORTED THAT HE WAS HAVING SEVERE BACK PAIN & WAS GOING TO DR. WHEN ASKED ABOUT CAUSE OF PAIN EMPL WAS UNSURE. DUE TO LIMITED SPACE HERE LETTER OF FURTHER EXPLANATION & PE RTINENT INFORMATION IS ATTACHED TO REPORT.

November 15, 1989 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING THE SURFACE OF A RIPPLER TOOTH WITH A 12 LBS. SLEDGE HAMMER. A SHIVER OF STEEL FROM THE HAMMER HIT THE EMPLOYEE LOWER LEG.

October 20, 1989 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall from machine

AFTER LOADING ANFO INTO THE POWER TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING THE POWER TRUCK, SLIP AND HIT THE MIRROR WITH HIS LOWER PART OF HIS BODY.

August 23, 1989 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

OPERATOR WAS DISMOUNTIN\G D8L-02 OPERATOR D11L-91 SLIP WITH HIS L FOOT ON THE LEFT PUSH ARM L LEG WAS PIN BETWEEEN PUSH ARM AND AND TRACK FRAME

February 9, 1989 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE A SCRAPER. HE STEPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE AND FELL DOWN.

January 23, 1989 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HIGH PRESSURE WASHER WHICH IS LOCATED IN A TRUCK VAN.THE FLOOR WAS WET AND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FALLING BACKWARDS.HITTING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND NECK ON GUARD RAIL OF WASHER

January 19, 1989 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Associates Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING CAB OF DOZER. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE DOOR FRAME AND THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS HAND.

January 12, 1989 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS CLIMBING UP ON GRADER FEET WERE MUDDY CAUSING HIM TO SLIP & TWIST BACK. BACK WAS ALREADY STRAINED BEFORE ACCIDENT WHICH AGGREVATED EXISTING CONDITION. HE WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW BAC K WAS HURT TO BEGIN WITH.

May 4, 1988 IN · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

ON 5-4-88, EMP. WS WORKING ON D RAGLINE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT ARM CREATING A SMALL SCRATCH. HE CONT. TO WORK UNTIL 5-17-88, HIS ARM BECAME SWOLLEN AND INFLAMMED. AT THAT TIME HE WENT TO THE D OCTOR.

February 23, 1988 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A PUMP DOWN WITH A HANDY MAN-JACK,WHEN JACK HANDLE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD.POSSIBLE FRACTURED FACIAL BONE.

February 11, 1988 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON SCRAPER TO CHECK OIL HE SLIPPED AND JAMMED HIS THUMB ON RT HAND AS HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF

December 3, 1987 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Associates Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING A FUEL LINE ON 945 B -77 LOADER ENGINE WHEN THE WIND BLEW THE ENGINE SIDE PANEL DOWN. WHILE TRYING TO CATCH THE PANEL, EMPLOYEE SLID DOWN AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE REAR AXLE HOUSING CAUSIN1 A BAD BRUISE.

November 6, 1987 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS D3SMOUNTING FROM DOZER AT END OF SHIFT. HE JUMPED FROM BLADE ARM TO THE GROUND, A HEIGHT OF ABOUT THREE FEET, AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

October 27, 1987 IN · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINE ELECTRICIA3 & A HELPER WERE CAPPING ENDS OF A SPARE TRAIL CABLE WHEN THE HELPER DROPPED WENEND OF THE CABLE THE END STRUCK THE ELECTRICIAN ON TOP OF THE LEFT FOOT (BEHIND STEEL TOE)

October 20, 1987 IN · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE WAS LIFTING PIECE OF STEEL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK EMPLOYEE STATED THAT DR EXAMINATION FOUND A SLIPPED VERTABRAE WHICH WAS PINCHING NERVES LEADING TO ARMS EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT3INJURY AS WORK RELATED WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS UNTIL WE RECEIVED DR EXAMINATION NOTICE ON 12-7-87

March 11, 1987 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS P6LLING OUT HIS TOOL BOX, WHICH WAS ON THE BED OF HIS MAINTENANCE TRUCK, WHEN THE BOTTOM TRAY FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE CORNER OF THE BOX STRUCK JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE PROTE CTION ON HIS SA0ETY SHOE.

December 1, 1986 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON WATER PUMP ON 12-1-86 AND THOUGHT HE PULLED STOMACH MUSCLE AND DID NOT REPORT IT ON 1-15-87 EMPLOYEE WAS P ULLING ON WATTER HOSE AND NOTICED A KNOT IN LOWER STOMACH HE REPORTED ACCIDE3T AND WAS SENT TO A DR

November 17, 1986 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Associates Mining Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMP WAS WORKING3NEAR BOTTOM OF HIGHWALL WHEN A ROCK SLID OFF HIGHWALL AND STRUCK EMP ON LEFT LEG CAUSING ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS NEAR KNEE

October 9, 1986 IN · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

HOIST CABLE HAD3BROKEN ON MARION 7500 DRAGLINE AND OPERATOR WAS GOING TO CHECK IT.BROKEN CABLE WAS BLOCKING THE WALK CROSS OVER AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS BY OTHER MEANS,EMPLOYEE LOST HIS B ALANCE.IN TRYIN1 TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE,EMPLOYEE SWUNG HIS ARM HITTING HIS WRIST AGAINST STEEL BEAM.

September 27, 1986 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associates Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING OFF DOZER & SLIPPED ON A MUDDY STEP CAUSING H-IM TO LOOSE BALANCE & FALL TO THE GROUND EMPLOYEE TWISTED LEFT KNEE SPRAINING LIGAMENTS IN THE KNEE

July 29, 1986 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING NUTS ON THE WALKING SHOE OF A MARION 7500 DRAGLINE, USING A 6 FOOT CHEATER BAR, WHEN HE FELT A DULL ACHE IN HIS BACK.

May 8, 1986 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DISMOUNT3NG A CAT 627 SCRAPER USING THE STIRRUP STEP PROVIDED. THE CABLE ONT HE STEP WAS BENT & THE STEP SWUNG BACK HITTING THE EE INT HE KNEE.

February 28, 1986 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associates Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS RE1LACING HOIST CLUTCH IN 4600 MANITOWOC DRAGLINE HE WAS WORKING FROM THE TOP OF THE DRAGLINE REACHING DOWN TO ET THE CLUTCH IN PLACE WHEN HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK THE LONG ER HE WORKED TH9 MORE SEVERE THE PAIN BECAME

August 4, 1983 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Associates Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HYDRAULIC OIL FILTER ON CORE DRILL USING BREAKER BAR & SOCKET SOCKET BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE\S ELBOW TO SLIP BACK, HITTING A BOLT IN THE HOUSING ON THE DRILL.

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