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1983–2026
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December 15, 1997 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR WAS TRING TO WORK ON BACK UP ALARM WITH MECHANIC HE HIT HIS HAND ON SIDE OF LOADER. DR SAID HIS HAND WAS BRUISED.

August 29, 1997 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matt Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE GOT DOZER STUCK & WAS HELPING HOOK CABLE TO MACHINE.

March 30, 1994 VA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matt Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS MAN WAS SITTING IN THE OPERATOR'S SEAT OF THE DRILL AND WHEN HE STARTED TO STAND UP, HE GRIPPED THE DOOR HANDLE TO HELP PULL HIMSELF UP AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

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