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November 11, 1999 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE DRIVING TO SHOP WHEN STEERING WHEEL "KICKED" JAMMING LEFT RING FINGER ON WINDOW FRAME.

January 31, 1995 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING THE DUMP BODY ON A TRUCK THE BED STOPPED SUDDENLY CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS NECK WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR NO INJURY FOUND CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM SO HAD AN MRI DONE AT A LATER DATE(02-95)FOUND BULGING DISC EMPLOYEE REPORTS TODAY 04-07-95 THAT HE HAS BEENRECEIVING CHIRPORATIC TREATMENT BUT FAILED TO REPORT IT TO HIS EMPLOYER UNTIL TODAY FEELING IT NOT NECESSARY BECA

June 15, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OPERA TING WABCO ROCK TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE LOADED HIS TRUCK WITH COAL & WAS PULLING AWAY FROM PIT UP A RAMP HE HAD TO STOP & BACK UP IN ORDER TO ENTER THE RAMP STRAIGHT WHEN HE BACKED UP EMPLOYE E CLAIMS BRAKES DID NOT HOLD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BACK ONTO A PILE & ROLL OVER ONTO LEFT SIDE FORCE OF ROLL OVER CAUSED 2 BATTERIES TO JAR LOOSE FROM BOX & ENTER THRU RT WINDOW SPLATTERING SO

April 27, 1990 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE BUMPED HIS SHIN ON A BRACE ON THE PAN 4/27/90 HE THOUGHT NOTHING OF THIS AS IT DID NOT HURT SKIN WAS SLIGHTLY BROKEN HE DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 5/02 WHEN HE NOTICED AREA WAS SWELLING & HE HAD A FEVER

September 14, 1988 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING EUCLID R-75 ROCK TRUCK.REPORTS HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN WHILE DRIVING.

February 8, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ WAS DISENGAGING PTO SHAFT CABLE ON HIS MECHANICS TRUCK, CAUGHT HIS SLEEVE WRAPPING IT IN SHAFT UNTIL TRUCK STALLED

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