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1983–2026
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March 31, 1999 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS TAKING CAP OFF OF HYDRAULIC TANK, WHILE THE LOADER WAS RUNNING. THE TANK HER PRESSURE BEHIND IT AND THREW HOT OIL OUT.

November 12, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS ON A SCREEN DECK, HE PINCHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND IN SCREEN.

October 28, 1997 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF THE CRUSHER, WHEN A ROCK FELL DOWN, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.

September 13, 1994 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE TAKING A HOSE APART CLAIMANT WAS HIT WITH GASOLINE THAT WAS IN THE HOSE.

September 5, 1994 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE UNLOADING BINS,A ROCK HIT HIM IN EYE.

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