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December 4, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodiak Mining Company · Struck by falling object

SETTING WHEEL UNIT ON CAT 992C WHEEL LOADER WITH A BOOM TRUCK. INJURED WAS ALIGNING THE WHEEL UNIT WITH THE STUDS ON 992C LOADER. WHEEL UNIT SLIPPED ONTO THE STUDS BEFORE INJURED COULD MOVE RIGHT THUMB. HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS CRUSHED BY WHEEL UNIT.

June 22, 1992 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Victor Contracting Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING AROUND THE WALL ON A STRIP MINE, A ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT HIM ON THE LEFT UPPER HIP AND LEFT LOWER LEG.

August 9, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Victor Contracting Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MASHED RIGHT RING FINGER BY A PIECE OF METAL.

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