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July 15, 1996 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Permac Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING PIECE OF 3" PIPE WHICH WAS STOPPED UP. CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND CONCRETE BOTTOM, RESULTING IN BREAKING MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

May 24, 1996 VA · Coal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Permac Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

LIFTING DRYER BASKET AND CUT LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.

October 1, 1992 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Permac Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BACKHOE & WHEN HE STOPPED THE MACHINE & GOT OFF HE HURT HIS RT ANKLE EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DOC UNTIL 10-03-92 NOTIFIED EMPLOYER OF EXTENT OF INJURY ON 10-05-92

May 26, 1992 VA · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Permac Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS FABRICATING A BUMPER FOR A TRUCK WHEN THE METAL PIECE 12IN WIDE 9FT LONG FELL FROM THE TRUCK & STRUCK EMPLOYEES LEFT LEG CAUSING A BRUISE TO HIS THIGH

December 31, 1990 VA · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Permac Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING ABSORBANT PADS AND BOOM (COLLAR) SATURATED WITH OIL AND WATER FROM SEDIMENT BASIN.

February 6, 1990 VA · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Permac Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A SAMPLE OFF A TRUCK AND FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SIDE OF CHEST.

January 29, 1990 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Permac Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS PULLING A TOW ROPE FROM HIS BULLDOZER IN ORDER TO TOW A TRUCK, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A VERY SERIOUS LOW BACK PAIN.

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