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June 28, 2000 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Ed Hanslovan Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS REPAIRING DOZER BLACE. THE PIECE OF METAL HE WAS CUTTING OFF WAS BENT UP AND PRELOADED WITH STRESS. WAS CUTTING LAST INCH TO LET PECE DROP TO THE GROUND, BUT THE PIECE SPRUNG SIDEWAYS 3-4' AND LANDED ON TOP OF HIM, CRUSHING HIS RIGHT HAND, BRUISED LEFT ARM & LEG. ALSO CUT LARGE GASH IN RIGHT HAND.

July 28, 1997 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Ed Hanslovan Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SEE ENCLOSED DR'S REPORT: EE STATES THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL, POSSIBLY METAL SHAVINGS FROM A GRINDER, WHICH ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE ON 7/28.

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