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August 27, 1985 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I NAME WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE WELDER WAITING FOR A PART ON HIS DOZER TO BE WELDED WHEN A SPARK LANDED ON HIS SHIRT I NAME TRIED TO BRUSH THE SPARKS FROM HIS SHIRT WITH HIS HAND THIS ACTIO CAUSED BURNS TO I NAMES FINGERS

March 9, 1985 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS OPERATING DOZER-CLEARING CUT TREES & BRUSH PRIOR TO TOPSOIL REMOVAL-A LIMB FROM A CUT TREE STRUCK DOZER WINDSHIELD CAUSING SAFETY GLASS IN WINDSHIELD TO BREAK A SLIVER OF GLASS SCRA TCHED THE EYE

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