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November 19, 1984 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HAD COMPLETED SERVICING EMAG WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF SHOVEL EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND HIT LEG AND FRAME OFF SHOVEL EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 11027-84 WHEN INFECTION SET IN.

November 12, 1984 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seminole Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL SHOVELING SILT FROM DIVERSION DITCH AND STRAIN MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

November 7, 1984 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coals Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYE WAS ON LADDER CKING TURBO CHARGER ON 945 LOADER LADDER SLID OFF LOADER & EMPLOYE FELL ON HIS BACK, CONT WORKING TOLD FOREMAN HE WAS OKAY. ON 11/9 COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS & WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL DR SAYS HE HAS TORN DIAPHRAM MUSCLE REPORTED TO MSHA ORIG AS HEART ATTACK.

October 17, 1984 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

LARGE ROCK FELL OUT LOADER BUCKET AND JARRED CAB OF END DUMP.EMPL HIT LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST SIDE OF DOOR.WENT TO DR AND RETURNED TO WORK 12-3-84.EMPL CALLED INTO OFFICE SHOULDER BOTHERING HIM AND HIS DR WANTED HIM TO STAY OFF WORK 2-3 WEEKS.

September 21, 1984 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seminole Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BRAKE SHOES FROM A TS24A SEAPER WHEN BRAKE SHOE SPRAGN LOOSE CATCHING HIS THUMB. SPLIT HIS THUMB TOOK 6 STITCHES TO FIX.

August 30, 1984 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A PARKING BRAKE AND DIRT FELL INTO HIS EYE. WENT TO MEDICAL ARTS CLINIC AND HAD FOREIGN PAETICLE REMOVED FROM EYE. MISSED APPROX. 1 1/2 HRS. WORK.

August 29, 1984 IN · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck by flying object

EXPLORATORY DRILL TRUCK WAS GOING NORTH ON US 231 AND A BUCHTA COAL TRUCK WAS HEADING SOUTH ON US231 BOTH WERE VERY NEAR CENTERLINE AND REARVIEW MIRRORS ON TWO TRUCKS COLLIDED CAUSING GLASS FR OM THE MIRROR TO GO INTO THE CAB OF DRILL TRUCK AND THEREFORE CUTTING THE DRIVER

August 23, 1984 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coals Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS TRUCK & SLIPPED ON WET ROAD SURFACE & HIT HIS BACK ON A ROCK. WATER TRUCK HAD JUST PUT OUT WATER TO CONTROL DUST.

August 21, 1984 IN · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Seminole Coals Inc · Accident type, without injuries

PICK UP TRUCK WAS AT PACKER I HAUL ROAD-UNOCCUPIED EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED TRUCK ROLLED DOWN SLIGHT IXCLINE SAID INTO RAVINE AND FLIPPED OVER, TRUCK WAS TOTALED .NO ONE INJURED

August 21, 1984 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT TO GET TO HIS MACHINE AND TRIPPED AND FELL ON A ROCK

August 17, 1984 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck by flying object

OPERATOR WAS IN HIS 992 LOADER-TURNED ON HIS FAN AND THEN FAN BLEW SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. WENT TO JASPER HOSPITAL NEXT DAY AND HAD PARTICLE REMOVED FROM EYE.

August 15, 1984 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Seminole Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED DROVE HIS 50 TON END DUMP INTO BACK OF A 50 TON END DUMP THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HAUL ROAD INTO PACKER 2 AREAS. THE STOPPED END DUMP WAS PARKED WAITING ON A LOADER TO

August 3, 1984 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coals Inc · Fall from ladders

EMP WAS UNLOADING AN OVERLOADED TRAILER WHEN HE WAS STEPPING OFF TOP RUNG OF LADDER ON CAR HIS OTHER FOOT FLIPPED OFF THE LADDER THIS SLIP CAUSED HIM TO FALL HITTING HIS GROIN AREA AGAINST TO OF RAIL CAR

August 3, 1984 IN · Coal FIRE
Seminole Coals Inc · Accident type, without injuries

TS24A SCRAPER CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN. OPERATOR WAS GIVEN 1ST AID TREATMENT AND WAS BACK TO WORK SAME DAY.

July 1, 1984 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED AN OIL BARREL ONTO THE BED OF A TRUCK, HIS HAND SCRAPED ACROSS AN UNSEEN JAGGED EDGE RESULTING IN A DEEP CUT I N HIS FINGER.

July 1, 1984 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED AN OIL BARREL ONTO THE BED OF A TRUCK, HIS H AND SCRAPED ACROSS AN UNSEE JAGGED EDGE RESULTING IN A DEEP CUT IN HIS FINGER.

June 20, 1984 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS ON THE GROUND WORKING O/N A WATER HOSE IN PACKER 1 PIT 9 ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWALL-ROCKVROKE OFF THE HIGHWALL AND STRUCK HIM. COVERED FROM WAIST TO FEET IN ROCK CAUSING SERIOUS INJUR Y.

June 14, 1984 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Seminole Coals Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN

May 14, 1984 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO RADIATOR AFTER SIDE PLATE WAS REMOVED WHEN SIDE PLATE FELL OVER AND LANDED ON LEFT SHIN

May 3, 1984 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN CAB OF 910 LOADER APPARENTLY A BUMP WAS HIT AND EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS HAND

April 22, 1984 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WALKING IN DEEP MUD AND STARTED TO TURN HIS FOOT WAS STUCK CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS CARTILAGE

April 20, 1984 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck against stationary object

ADJUSTING BRAKES ON SERVICE TRUCK AND BUMPED ELBOW ON SPRING.

April 19, 1984 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Seminole Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS PUTTING HYDRAULIC OIL IN MACHINE WHEN HOSE REEL RETRACTED UNEXPECTELY AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN BACK

April 16, 1984 IN · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ALIGNING A BELT ON THE COAL CRUSHER HE FINISHED THE TASK AND WAS STEPPING OUT FROM UNDER THE CRUSHER AS THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS DUMPING A BUCKET OF COAL INTO THE HOPPER A PC OF COA L SLID OFF HOPPER AND LANDED ON THE LABORERS HANDS CAUSED A BRUISE ON LEFT HAND

April 12, 1984 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Seminole Coals Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SPROCKET FROM D-9 AND WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO HELP DRIVE IT OFF WHEN A SLIVER OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF THE HAMMER HEAD AND HIT HIM I N THE LEG

March 23, 1984 IN · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coals Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS DISMOUNTING FROM GRADER AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN THE STEP AND FELL CAUSING A FX TO HIS ANKLE

March 15, 1984 IN · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUMPED INTO MUDDY DITCH TO INSTGALL CULVERT PIPE AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIP

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