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273,193
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Years on record
2000–2026
Classifications
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July 11, 2000 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Waterloo Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

TWO CAT LOADERS WERE IN A #4A COAL PIT AT THE MEAD/ZINN NORTH PIT OF THE BOWMAN STRIP OPERATION LOADING COAL. IT HAD RAINED HARD THE NIGHT BEFORE AND HAD RAINED EARLIER IN THIS SHIFT. A SECTIO N OF THE HIGHWALL FELL AND HIT ONE OF THE LOADERS BELOW, THE ROCK HIT MAINLY THE LEGFT SIDE AND FRONT OF THE LOADER--SOME OF THE ROCK CAME THROUGH THE FRONT WINDESHIELD, HITTING THE OPERATOR.

February 28, 2000 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Waterloo Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING CO. NO. 520 D7 DOZER, ANOTHER EE WORKING WITH HIM CALLED THE SUPERVISOR AND REPORTED THE HE WAS SICK. EE COMPLAINED THAT HIS SHOULDER, NECK AND RIGHT ARM FELT NUMBNESS IN THEM ; HE STATED HE FELT LIKE HE WAS GOING TO FAINT. DR. AT HOSPITAL RAN TESTS AND XRAYS, NO PROBLEMS WERE DIAGNOSED, BUT EE IS TO RETURN TO DR. HE NORMALLY USES 3-2-2000.

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