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1983–2026
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October 26, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloe Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

REINSTALLING BELLY PAN UNDERNEATH TRANSMISSION.LIFTED INTO PLACE -PAN SLIPPED FROM HANDS,PAN FELL STRIKING EMPL GROIN AREA OF LEFT LEG.CAUSED BRUISE TO AREA.

October 12, 1989 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloe Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS MOVING 90W DRUM OF OIL ON JOB SITE WITHOUT MECHANICAL AID & SUFFERED PULLED MUSCLES IN ABDOMINAL AREA. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION BY EMPLS DR IT WAS DETERMINED EMPL SUFFERED HERNIA TO L EFT SIDE.

October 13, 1988 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloe Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-355 KOMATSU DOZER S/N2570.EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING RIGHT DOOR AFTER EXIRING CAB AND CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB IN DOOR,CAUSING BONE FROM KNUCKLE TO END OF THUMB TO BE BROKEN.

April 10, 1987 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloe Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMP WAS U3LOADING 120 LB GREASE DRUMS FROM PICKUP TRUCK ONTO PALLETS, HE TWISTED IN AN UNUSUAL MANNER AND PULLED OR STRECTCHED A MUSCLE IN HIS GROIN AREA

November 19, 1985 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloe Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING CABLE ON 4600 MANITOWOC DRAGLINE REMOVING DRAG CABLE FROM SPOOL END OF CABLE WHIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH

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