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January 30, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Mesa Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADER OPERATOR WAS CLEANIGN CCOAL OFF WITH 988 AND BACKED INTO HIGHWALL TO AVOID BACKING INTO DOZER.

September 3, 1994 KY · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator POWERED HAULAGE

Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVING LOADER OF PIT WHEN ENGINE DIED. THE BRAKES FAILED AND EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF OF LOADER. HE FRACTURED VERTABRAE IN SPINE.

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