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1983–2026
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November 26, 1996 PA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING OUT GRINDING MACHINE (CRUSHER). STOOPED OVER TO REMOVE BOTTOM BIN OF CRUSHER, FELT BACK PULLING AND TIGHTENING UP AND PULLED STOMACH MUSCLES.

October 31, 1996 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MOVING STEEL CHANNEL INTO A LOADER BUCKET BY HAND. AS HE WAS LOADING PIECES OF STEEL HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LOWER BACK OR STRAIN.

October 18, 1996 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE CLIMBING ONTO THE TRACK OF A TRACKHOE, THE OPERATOR KICKED MUD AND DIRT INTO HIS EYE'S FROM THE TRACKS OF THE MACHINE.

July 28, 1996 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Power Operating Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS SETTING A PUMP TO LINE IT UP. MACHINE SET DOWN ON FLAPPER OF PUMP CAUSING A BOLT TO BREAK AND A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.

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