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December 27, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carriage Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING DRAIN DOOR FOR WASHING BOX WITH SOCKET WRENCH. THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIAL THAT WAS IN THE BOX PUSHED DOOR OUT AND TRAPPED THE LEFT WRIST AND HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND A DRAIN C HUTE.

October 8, 1996 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Carriage Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROCK FELL OUT OF BUCKET. WHEN HIGHLIFT WAS BACKING UP HE RAN OVER THE ROCK CAUSING HIGHLIFT TO BOUNCE.

June 17, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Carriage Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS STOMPING MUD FROM FEET WHEN SOMETHING PENETRATED BOOT AND PUNCTURED RT FOOT.

November 2, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carriage Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE PUMP TRYING TO LOOSEN A BOLT, HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE WRENCH & BRUSHED AGAINST A PIECE OF RUSTY METAL, CAUSING CUTS BY THE KNUCKLES OF THE FIRST TWO FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

July 15, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Carriage Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT A SCREEN FOR REMOVAL. WHEN SCREEN WAS BEING REMOVED HIS LEG BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND THE CHUTE. THE AREA OF SCREEEN JUST CUT WAS HOT & RESULTED IN A BUR N TO HIS LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE TOP OF HIS BOOT.

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