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1983–2026
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December 20, 1995 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Commercial Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REMOVED A GUARD FROM A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT AND WAS USING A BAR TO CHIP ICE FROM THE TAIL ROLLER. THE BAR SLIPPED AND EE'S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT AND TAIL ROLLER. INJURY CONSISTE D OF 3 PINCHED FINGERS. NO CUTS OR BROKEN BONES RESULTED.

August 22, 1994 PA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Commercial Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACED RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF CANOPY ON SCOOP WHILE SCOOP WAS IN MOTION, RESULTING IN TWO PINCHED FINGERS.

October 26, 1992 PA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quemahoning Collieries · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED PERSON CAUGHT HIS NECK AND SHOULDER ON THE #1 BELT WHILE SCOOPING UNDER IT. BELT WAS OFF AT THAT TIME.

October 9, 1992 PA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quemahoning Collieries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON WRENCHED HIS NECK AND BACK WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP IN #5 ENTRY, GOING UNDER A BOLTER CABLE, HE CAUGHT HIS UPPER BODY ON THE CABLE.

July 30, 1991 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Quemahoning Collieries · Struck by flying object

RAN OVER PLASTIC HIT BUCKET & IT THREW MUD & DIRT IN FACE

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