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April 22, 2008 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rapoca Group LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pressurer washing a skid loader when his right hand came in contact with the washer wand causing a laceration to the top wrist area of the right hand. Due to complications he missed work on 4-28-2008.

January 29, 2005 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rapoca Energy Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in the rotor breaker coal chute prying on a piece of frozen coal material when it broke loose and fouled him against the side of the chute. Coal material was approximately 1 to 1.4 tons.

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