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May 30, 2003 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated · Fall onto or against objects

TRIPPED GETTING INTO DOZER AND HIT KNUCKLE ON CAB OF DOZER. THE KNUCKLE ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT AND REQUIRED STITCHES.

January 27, 2003 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated · Struck by flying object

EE WAS STEAMING THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE STEAM HIT THE DOOR AND BLEW DEBRIS INTO HIS FACE AND EYE.

January 18, 2003 PA · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated · Struck against a moving object

TAKING STOCK TRUCK UP THE HILL WHEN IT SLID AND JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. TRUCK SLID DOWN HILL ON ICY SURFACE. AT BOTTOM OF HILL, DRIVER TRIED TO TURN WITH THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE. EE REPORTED ACCIDENT BUT DID NOT SEED MEDICAL HELP. HE LATER SAW A DR. AND HAD X-RAYS AND DR. HAD HIM TAKE 2 DAYS OFF WORK.

March 27, 2002 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING TIRE & GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WHEEL & THE HUB OF THE MACK TRUCK.

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