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March 31, 1999 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS TAKING CAP OFF OF HYDRAULIC TANK, WHILE THE LOADER WAS RUNNING. THE TANK HER PRESSURE BEHIND IT AND THREW HOT OIL OUT.

December 15, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING THE LOADED TRUCK UP THE HILL ON THE HAUL ROAD. THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO DRIFT BACKWARDS. EE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN. THE TR UCK FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE.

November 12, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS ON A SCREEN DECK, HE PINCHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND IN SCREEN.

April 29, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seneca Sand Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BIN TRUCK, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LAST STEP AND FELL BACKWARDS CATCHING HISSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

October 28, 1997 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF THE CRUSHER, WHEN A ROCK FELL DOWN, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.

February 9, 1995 WV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON A GOOSE-NECKED TRAILER, RELEASING CHAIN BOOMER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE THAT WAS ON TRAILER SURFACE, HANDLE OF BOOMER HIT & SHATTERED HIS KNEECAP.

September 13, 1994 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE TAKING A HOSE APART CLAIMANT WAS HIT WITH GASOLINE THAT WAS IN THE HOSE.

September 5, 1994 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE UNLOADING BINS,A ROCK HIT HIM IN EYE.

February 1, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Seneca Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COUNTER WEIGHT WHEEL ON SCREEN TURNED OVER CUTTING RT HAND

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