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September 15, 1989 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ohio River Collieries Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE REAR OF THE CAB ON A TS 24 TEREX PAN SCRAPER WHILE DUMPING ROCKS..

June 22, 1989 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ohio River Collieries Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TEREX TS-24 SCRAPER.WHILE HE WAS SCRAPING THE HAULAGE ROAD PICKING UP LOOSE ROCKS,THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE SCRAPER CAUGHT A DRAINAGE PIPE STOPPING THE MACHINE SUDDENLY. HE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL STRIKING HIS LEFT LOWER RIB CAGE.HE WAS OPERATING THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN SECOND GEAR AND WEARING HISD SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

March 26, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Ohio River Collieries Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS O1ERA TING A 992 CATERPILLAR FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY BACKED INTO THE HIGHWALL HE REPORTED PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK ON IMACT WITH THE HIGHWALL

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