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July 1, 2008 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
RFI Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

This was a condition that accelerated over time, the seat on the scraper was not absorbing all of the shock loading due to a bladder problem on the seat and the cushion hitch was too tight. The operator has been diagnosed with a herniated disk in his neck and will need surgery.

May 13, 2002 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
RFI Energy Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING ON TRAIN ENGINE BY AIR HORN WHEN TRAIN OPERATOR BLEW THE HORN RESULTING IN SEVERE RINGING AND PAIN IN EARS.

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