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May 14, 1993 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dakota Creek Corp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE REMOVING OVERBURDEN FROM THE PIT AREA EE LAID THE LOADER ON ITS SIDE.

May 29, 1991 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Braxton Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING ATTACHMENT ON LOADER:PLACED HIMSELF IN HAZARDOUS LOCATION AS HIS LEG WAS PLACED BETWEEN ATTACHMENT AND LOADER.

March 26, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Braxton Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRAMMED DOZER OVER STUMP WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE JARRED IN CAB OF DOZER.

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