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August 4, 2020 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

J & J SVONAVEC EXCAVATING, INC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a bucket tooth for a Hitachi 1800 Excavator.

January 20, 2015 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

J & J SVONAVEC EXCAVATING, INC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IE was assisting another EE, mechanic helper, to remove the main bucket pin of the Komatsu 450 excavator. Other EE was pounding on the pin when it came loose. The pin caught IE's middle finger of his right hand between the pin and the top of the bucket.

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