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July 28, 2005 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & D Pipeline Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

D-11 Carry Dozer was being taken down rear road to a Low Boy when it overheated and was believed to be low of water. Employee took cap off radiator and his right side was dowsed in anti-freeze.

July 24, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer NO VALUE FOUND
M & D Pipeline Inc · No Value Found

WHILE WIDENING THE ROADWAY, SPOIL APPARENTLY DISLODGED & SLID, RESULTING IN A BREACH OF THE COUPLING OF THE NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION LINE, WHICH APPARENTLY IGNITED FROM THE BLOWER OF THE DOZER , INFLICTING 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO THE OPERATOR, & FRACTURING LOWER LEFT LEG.

May 13, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & D Pipeline Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HITTING TRACK BOLT WITH HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF, GOING UNDER SAFETY GLASSES STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER EYELID.

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