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1983–2026
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December 11, 1999 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING SECONDARY CRUSHER CHUTE "C" EE HYPEREXTENDED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN STUCK DOOR.

February 11, 1997 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN, TESTICULAR PAIN WHILE SHOVELING CULM FROM THE TAIL WHEEL AREA OF THE CR-508.

June 15, 1996 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Inc · Struck by falling object

ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PIECE OF STEEL FROM MAG. SEPERATOR TRASH CHUTE. PIECE OF ANGLE IRON DROPPED FROM ABOVE AND CRUSHED LEFT FOREFINGER.

October 19, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DEBRIS INTO WHEEL BARROW WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK. THE 5TH VENTABRACE SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE.

November 6, 1990 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL REMOVING DROP CORD AND CAUGHT IN ASH SYSTEM BAG HOUSE DOOR,GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN DOOR.

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