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1983–2026
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June 27, 1991 OH · Coal weighman, scale person EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Rail River Terminal · Contact with hot objects or substances

HEATER HOSE BURST IN CAB OF LOADER AND SEAT. BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE, NOT ALLOWING OPERATOR TO EXIT CAB, CAUSING 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS ON CALF OF RIGHT LEG.

June 11, 1983 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Spencer Coal Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

STOPPED TO CHECK RADIATOR HOSE ON FRONT END LOADER WHEN CHECKING HOSE IT EXPLOEDE IN FACE THROWING HOT WATER WHICH CAUSED BURNS TO FACE AND RT UPPER CHEST

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