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October 17, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
E-Town Supply Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS RUNNING A MUSTANG SMALL FROANT END LOADER WHEN A LUMP OF COAL FELL INBETWEEN THE FOOT CONTROLS AND BUCKET I NAME ATTEMPTED TO KICK THE LUMP OUT WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT WHEN HIS LEFT FOO

October 17, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
E-Town Supply Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME PLACED FOOT UNDER A MECHANICAL ARM & START ED MACHINE WHILE FORGETTING WHERE HE HAD HIS FOOT THE MECHANICAL ARM SQUEEZED HIS RT.FOOT

May 9, 1988 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
E-Town Supply Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME HAD RT FOOT UNDER BOBCAT BUCKET WHICH WAS APPROX THREE INCHES OFF THE GROUND THE OPERATORS FOOT ACCIDENTLY LOWERED THE BUCKET FULLY TO THE GROUND LANDING ON I.NAMES FOOT ACCORDING TO TH E DR REPORT NO BONES WERE BROKEN BUT THE FOOT WOULD BE BRUISED

April 15, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
E-Town Supply Company · Struck against a moving object

SHARP PAIN IN LOWER AND UPPER BACK/NUMBNESS IN LEGS. CONSTANT JARRING ON BACK RESULTING FROM LONG HOURS ON LOADER.

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