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August 2, 1997 CO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Seneca Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHLE TRAVERSING A STEEP [25%] SLOPE WITH CAT 400 ARTICULATING DUMP TRUCK, EE ROLLED ONE & ONE HALF TIMES, COMING TO REST ON THE TRUCK'S TOP & LEFT SIDE.

July 27, 1995 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Seneca Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE CHECKING THE OPERATION OF AN AIR CONDITIONER HE LOST HIS BALANCE & TO PREVENT FALLING GRABBED THE UNIT TO STEADY HIMSELF HIS MIDDLE FINGER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE MOVING BLADES RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND(3 SUTURES)

April 13, 1993 CO · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Seneca Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE PLOWING SNOW WITH #40 TRUCK THE PLOW BLADE CAUGHT ON THE SOFT SURFACE OF THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE UNRESTRAINED DRIVER'S FACE HIT SOMETHING IN THE CAB RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE FULL LENGTH OF HIS NOSE. HE ALSO RECEIVED A FRACTURE OF THE L-1 VERTEBRAE.

November 26, 1989 CO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Seneca Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL CLAIMS THAT HE WAS PUSHING SCRAPER WITH SCRAPER. 1ST SCRAPER HIT ROCK CAUSING SCRAPER TO DROP 4-6' WHICH RESULTED IN PULLED MUSCLE IN ABDOMEN.

January 5, 1989 CO · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Seneca Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

CLAIMS WHILE HAULING OERBURDEN WITH SCRAPER HE RAN OVER RO CK WHICH RESULTED IN JAR TO BACK CUASING LUMBAGO PAIN.

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