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1983–2026
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September 12, 1997 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nesco Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER WAS DIGGING HARD ROCKS WHEN BUCKET SLIPPED OFF CAUSING LOADER TO JUMP. OPERATOR STRUCK FOREHEAD AGAINST WINSHIELD. OPERATOR ADVISED US HE WAS WEARING SEAT BELT.

December 20, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nesco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED. A LARGE ROCK HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK, BOUNCING THE OPERATOR FROM THE SEAT OF THE TRUCK.

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