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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 30, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Eberhart Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

THE DOZER WHICH3THE ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS OPERTING BECAME DISABLED & OP DISMOUNTED THE MACHINE TO EXAMINE PROBLEM. A SECOND D9 WAS OPERATING ON THE BENCH ABOVE THE DISABLED MACHINE. A FROZEN PIE CE OF DIRT APPR2X 2 1/2' ROLLED DOWN FROM THE UPPER BENCH TO THE LOWER BENCH STRIKING VICTIM IN TH ECALF OF T HE LEGS KNOCKING HIM TO T HE GROUND. THE VICTIM HAD HIS BACK TO T HE UPPER BENCH.

January 3, 1983 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Eberhart Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP DOZER WHEN DOZER ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN GROUND, ONE TRACK DROPPED IN 2 1/2\ HOLE CAUSING OPERATOR TO BE VIBRATED IN HIS SEAT BADLY DUE TO THE FACT OPERATOR WAS T URNED PARTIALLY IN HIS SEAT FOR REAR VEIW HIS RIBS WERE SHOVED AGAINST SEAT, SEAT IS STIFFLY PADDED

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