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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 27, 1992 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reddinger Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING AN O-RING ON HIS HIGH LIFT USING A WRENCH, RATCHET AND SOCKET. HE WAS SITTING UNDER THE MACHIN,E HIS LEFT ARM WAS ABOVE HIS HEAD PUSHING THE WRENCH. HIS BACK WAS AGAIN

November 17, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reddinger Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON DATE INJURY OCCURED EMPLOYEE WAS BENT DOWN GREASING RIPPER ON THE DOZER. AFTER GREASING ONE SIDE HE TWISTED TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS KNEE. THERE WAS SOME DISCOMFORT AT THE TIME BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TOO SERIOUS. WHEN SORENESS DID NOT GO AWAY BY 11-20-90 HE REPORTED TO THE OFFICE WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT STILL DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTEN.

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