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January 3, 2006 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Oak Tetons, LLC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was repairing a 735 Articulated Truck. He was getting out from underneath the machine, holding the remote to the crane. As he was pulling himself up, his hand slipped causing the remote to strike him in the right front tooth. Tooth broke.

April 29, 2005 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White Oak Tetons, LLC. · Fall from machine

Employee was working on a fuel line on a dozer, approximately seven feet off of the ground, and lost his balance and fell to the ground landing on his left side.

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