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April 15, 2004 TX · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY

Walnut Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE finished back-gouging. He picked-up chipper & hit trigger throwing dust, slag & dirt into air. Particles came down inside weld hood & safety glasses.

November 21, 2002 TX · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY

Walnut Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ASSISTING THE DRAGLINE CREW IN TRYING TO SET THE UPPER RAIL ON HTE WALKING CAM. HE PLACED HIS HAND UNDER A NUT AND MOTIONED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO RAISE THE LOAD. WHEN THE LOAD WAS RAISE D, THE EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE NUT AND THE LOWER RAIL.

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