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December 6, 2006 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
P & N Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was operating the dozer when it caught fire. He tried to put out the fire with the fire extinguisher that was in the dozer. He breathed in smoke and dust from the extinguisher. He went to the hospital for x-ray as a precaution.

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