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September 13, 2011 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Hepburnia Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was operating 988B Loader. Exhaust leak developed with fumes entering operator's cab. Employee became nauseous and light-headed and had to leave work.

April 2, 2007 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Hepburnia Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was lifting a rock with 988B Loader, bucket slipped and employee wrenched back.

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