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March 29, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Marmet Synfuel LLC · Struck against a moving object

Injured employee was in the process of dumping a load of coal off of his tractor/trailer when the trailer turned over, which in turn turned the tractor over. Injured employee's neck was lacerated during turn over. What caused the laceration was undetermined.

February 21, 2005 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marmet Synfuel LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee came into foreman's office and reported that his back was hurting and that he was going to seek medical attention. He informed his foreman that he had injured his back while pushing up loads of coal in the yard.

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