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December 7, 2020 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated · Struck by flying object

Employees were changing hoist rope on Manitowoc 4600 dragline when wire rope got caught on berm. Wire rope struck employee when it became dislodged.

March 24, 2016 PA · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Anthracite Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Driller's left hand was caught in the carousel rack of the Atlas Copco track drill when EE tried to manually push back jammed drill steel into rack.

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