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July 11, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Arclar Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOVING CABLE WHILE IN WATER AND ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

June 19, 1990 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Arclar Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPL UNTANGLING BELT BY BUMPING THE POWER.A BELT SPLICE PIN GRABBED HIS SHIRT SLEEVE AND LEFT HAND & ARM WERE PULLED INTO ROLLER.

May 1, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arclar Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE ALLEDEDLY STEPPED FROM THE BED OF HIS TRUCK TO THE BUMPER AND SLIPPED WHILE STEPPING DOWN AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

April 28, 1990 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arclar Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY WAS LIFTING CABLE ON THE BELT LINE TO PUT A CHAIN ON IT AND PULLER SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE.

March 21, 1990 IL · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Arclar Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CAUGHT HIS WRIST BETWEEN STEERING WHEEL OF THE CART AND ROOF OF THE MINE.

March 19, 1990 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arclar Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING ELECTRICAL CABLE.

March 12, 1990 IL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Arclar Company · Struck against a moving object

OPER SCCOP LOST CONTROL MASHED UP AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE

February 20, 1990 IL · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arclar Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CARRYING PROPS TO SET IN SUMP AREA

December 15, 1989 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Arclar Company · Fall from machine

FRONT STEERING COLUMN BAR TO FRONT WHEEL ON GOLF CART BROKE WHEEL TURNED & OUT I WENT.

November 20, 1989 IL · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Arclar Company · Fall from machine

EMPL STATED UNITRAK GOT OUT OF CONTROL & RAN INTO RIB.

October 13, 1989 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arclar Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RACKING A 55 GALLON OIL DRUM AT UNDERGROUND OIL STATION. SEVERE STRAIN TO THE GROAN AREA.

October 9, 1989 IL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Arclar Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN THE 3 WAY INTERSECTION AT SURVEY TAG 3+80. THIS WAS THE FACE OF THE 3RD 2 NEUTRAL ENTRY. THE ROCK MEASURED 40'L, 40'W, 3 1/2' THICK. 3'CONVENTIONAL BOLTS WERE USED IN T HIS AREA. THIS WAS ON THE 1-7 2ND 2 ENTRIES OFF OF THE 4TH NORTH.

September 29, 1989 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
Arclar Company · Contact with electrical current

EE STATES THAT WHILE TESTING FOR POWER ON THE CIRCUIT BREAKER, USING VOLT METER, HE THINKS HIS RING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE METER LEAD.

September 5, 1989 IL · Coal INUNDATION
Arclar Company · Accident type, without injuries

001 UNIT ADVANCING THE FACE OF NO 1 EAST ENTRY OFF OF THE 1ST NO ENTRY, ENTRY CUT INTO EALED 2ND NO PANEL ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER WORKING FACE OF 001 UNIT

July 6, 1989 IL · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner Fatality · OTHER
Arclar Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE ENTERED AN INBY END OF ABANDONED WORKING SEALED WHICH HAD BEEN PORPERLY MARKED AND WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE AREA WAS NOT TO BE ENTERED. THE EMPLOYEE'S LOCATION AND POSITION WAS NO T A PART OF HIS ASSIGNED TOUR OF DUTIES, HE HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE AREA WAS RESTRICTED AND WAS NOT INSTRUCTED BY COMPANY SUPERVISION TO BE WITHIN SAID LOCATION. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUC

September 2, 1987 IL · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Arclar Company · Struck against stationary object

GOLF CART RAN O5ER PIECE OF ROCK IN TRAVEL ROAD CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS LEFT ARM ON A ROOF BOLT

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