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1983–2026
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September 18, 2000 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STARTING PUMP TO PUMP PIT WATER TO PONDS. HE STEPPED ON BACK OF FRAME WITH BUCKET OF WATER TO PRIME PUMP.EXTRA WEIGHT ON BACK CAUSED PUMP TONGUE TO RAISE OFF GROUND. EE JUMPED FROM PUMP FRAME BUT PUMP ROLLE ONTO HIS FOOT, CAUSING INJURY TO FOOT.

September 29, 1995 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE SEEDING AND MULCHING GROUND ON JOB SITE THAT WAS BACKFILLED EE THREW A BALE OF HAY INTO THE MULCHER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

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