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1983–2026
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September 18, 1997 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler OTHER
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING THE TRACKS OF A D-11 DOZER WHEN HE FELT TIGHTNESS IN HIS CHEST. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT & WENT TO HOSPITAL. THEY DIAGNOSED A MILD HEART ATTACK.

April 16, 1997 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE IS A SURPERVISOR. HE WAS INSPECTING A BULLDOZER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF A HEAVY EQUIPMENT COMPANY,WHEN HE COLLAPSED INTO A SEMI-UNCONSIOUS STATE. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS TO BE REPORTAB LE, BUT WERE ADVISED BY MSHA IN HUNKER, PA. TO REPORT THIS.

January 10, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS AT WORK FOR APPROX 30 MINS WHEN HE RADIORED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS HAVING CHEST PAIN. WHEN SUPERVISOR ARRIVED SEVERAL MINS LATER EE REFUSED HELP OR A RIDE & LEFT JOB. PER ADVISE OF INDIANA, PA. MSHA OFFICE ON 2/5/97, WE ARE REPORTING THE INCIDENT. OUR POSITION IS THAT IT IS NOT WORK RELATED. EE HAS HAD ANGIOPLASTC TO OPEN BLOCKED ARTORIES.

October 6, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE INJURE8 ELBOW 1-27-87 UNDER ID # 3605528 HE WAS OFF UNTIL 8-6-87 EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING UNDER ID 3602923 SINCE HIS RETURN HE NOW STATES THAT DUE TO CONTINUAL MOVEMENT STRAINING HI S ELBOW AND SEV9RAL BUMPS TO HIS ELBOW HE IS NOW UNABLE TO WORK

March 2, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL LEAVING CA6 OF DOZER.DOOR WAS CAUGHT BY GUST OF WIND AND SHUT ON HIS FINGER AMPUTATING TIP OF HIS RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER.

April 3, 1984 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS OPERATING A HI-LIFT PULLING AN AUGER MACHINE INTO PIT. HE HAD THE DOOR OF THE HI-LIFT OPEN, A GUST OF WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT LACERATING & BREAKING LEFT THUMB

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