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1983–2026
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June 26, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE LOADER WAS HEATING UP AND HE WAS CHECKING IT OUT WHEN THE RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF AND HIS RIGHT FOREARM WAS BURNT.

October 14, 1986 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

I.NAME WAS DRIV3NG HIS 50 TONE TRUCK UP RAMP & THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I.NAME JUMPED OUT OGF HIS TRUCK & CHIPPED A BONE & FRACTURED LEFT LEG.

July 2, 1983 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
James I Cowfer Contracting Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GEORGE WAS PUTTING A SPRING ON THE WELDER TRUCK THE TRUCK CAME DOWN AND PINCHED GEORGE IN AROUND THE FACE AREA AND CHEST

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