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1983–2026
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September 11, 1987 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Associates Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HANGIN1 LINE BRATTICE AND TANGLED HIS FOOT IN THE BRATTICE AND CABLE WHEN HE WENT TO MOVE HE TWISTED KNEE

May 11, 1987 PA · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Associates Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PREPAR3NG TO MOVE MINER CABLE AND WHILE HOOKING CABLE ON TRACTOR GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND JEEP.

April 27, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Associates Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CHANGING GATHER3NG HEAD MOTOR ON C MINER AND FELT SOMETHING IN ABCK. GAVE NO PROBLEM AT TIME BUT PAIN STARTED AND GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

April 2, 1986 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE GETTIN1 OUT OF D-9 DOZER AND STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST DOOR AND IT SWELLED

March 29, 1986 PA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Associates Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPL BUILDING U3DERCAST AND SOLID BLOCK FELL STRIKING RING FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

August 23, 1985 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Associates Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING BESIDE THE HEAD OF THE MINER AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW WITH A GLANCING BLOW ON ONE OF THE BIT.

December 12, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AWAY FROM AUGER MACHINE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 1X6X4 FELL 10FT STRIKING EMP WITH GLANCING BLOW TO LOWER LEFT BACK EMP WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS EXAMINE BY DR MI-LLER AND RELEASED

May 3, 1984 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darmac Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTOCAB OF 920 LOADER, WHILE CLOSING THE DOOR CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND ITS JAM MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT THROUGH THE NAIL TO THE BONE-NO FRACTURE-REQUIRED NO STITCHES BUT DRESSING.

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