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November 11, 2013 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mallard Contracting Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE drove 970 loader all day and at the end of his shift said that his back was jarred from operating the loader all day.

August 5, 2011 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mallard Contracting Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE heading up hill-unknown to him the drive coupler tore & truck stopped. Another EE was coming down hill & on CB told him there was a place behind him to drift off the road. Took his foot off brake, truck started to coast backward. Put foot on brake, no brake - no air. Could not steer truck. Panicked & jumped from truck 10' before truck came to rest against berm.

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