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June 18, 1996 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
ENZ, INC. · Contact with hot objects or substances

UNEXPECTED DISCHARGE OF RADIATOR.

March 16, 1993 OH · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
J & D Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

HE WAS CHECKING ON A BLAST HOLE WHEN HE KNEELED DOWN ON ONE KNEE. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE A BULK TRUCK TO LOAD ANOTHER ROW OF HOLES. HE CHECKED THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE TRUCK FOR THE LOCATION OF THE MEN. BUT AS HE ENTERED THE TRUCK, INJURED EMPLOYEE MOVED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. HE COULD NOT SEE HIM AND HE MOVED THE VEHICLE FORWARD STRIKING HIS LEG WITH THE FRONT TIRE.

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