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2000–2026
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May 18, 2009 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
PBS Coals, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE squatted and heard a pop in his right knee.

September 16, 2003 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
PBS Coals, Inc. · Struck by flying object

INJURED PERSON WAS SITTING IN A ROCK TRUCK WITH WINDOW DOWN SLIGHTLY. HIS LEFT EYE SUDDENLY STARTED HURTING. DIRT WAS FOUND IN HIS EYE AT A PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE. HE RECEIVED EYE DROPS AND MISSED TWO DAYS WORK.

April 23, 2001 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
PBS Coals, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS EXITING MACHINE. AS HE OPENED THE DOZER DOOR HE PULLED HIMSELF FROM THE SEAT AT THE DOOREDGE AREA. THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS FINGERS.

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