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June 23, 2005 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger OTHER
Hawthorne Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was pushing refuse with a cat D8 dozer. He stopped to spot the refuse truck and started to get a burning, watering sensation in his left eye. He finished his shift and went to hospital and had a metallic foreign object removed from his eye.

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