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August 31, 2004 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Struck against stationary object

Employee bent down to look at the alignment of wheel to hub. He rose and hit his head on rotating pad of tire hand.

February 4, 2002 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING HEAVY METAL DECK LID THAT COVERS TRANS- MISSION. OPERATOR WAS OPENING DECK LID SO HE COULD CHECK TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL.

November 2, 2001 VA · Coal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEAM CLEANING A PICKUP TRUCK, HIS CLEANING HOSE HAD GOT DOWN INT HE MUD AROUND THE TRUCK, HE JERKED THE HOSE TO GET IT OUT OF THE MUD, CAUSING A CRICK IN HIS NECK.

April 13, 2001 VA · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A ROCK FROM UNDER HIS HAULER HE GOT HIS FOOT IN A STRAIN AND SPRAINED A MUSCLE.

February 28, 2001 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE UNLOADING PALLETS EE TWISTED AROUND TO THROW ONE OFF THE TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

January 18, 2000 VA · Coal transit man, surveyor/transit worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND IN LEGS OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENT. CAUSED DEEP LACERATION REQUIRING 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRYING TO SET UP SURVEYING TRIPOD.

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