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July 25, 1995
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · MACHINERY
Purco Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER WAS INVOLVED IN CLEARING OPERATIONS. LOGS WERE CONNECTED BY A CHOKER CHAIN TO A CAT D9-G DOZER WHICH THEN DRAGGED THE LOGS TO A COLLECTION AREA. A LOG WAS BEING DRAGGED WHEN THE END CLOS EST TO THE CHOKER CHAIN WEDGED UP AGAINST A TREE STUMP. THE FREE END OF THE LOG WHIPPED AROUND AND STRUCK THE MINER IN THE BACK AS HE WAS WALKING IN THE WORK AREA.
May 10, 1993
PA · Coal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
POWERED HAULAGE
Purco Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object
THE OPERATOR OF LOADED INTERNATIONAL ROCK TRUCK PROCEDED DOWN A 45 DEGREE SLOPED HAUL ROAD AND PASSED AN EMPTY EUCLID R-50 ROCK TRUCK COMING UP THE HAUL ROAD. THE OPERATOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROCK TRUCK LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND WENTTHRU THE EARTHEN BERM THE INTERNATION ROCK TRUCK THEN SLIDE AND OR ROLLED DOWN THE HILL 125 FT COMING TO REST ON IT S SIDE.
August 25, 1989
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Purco Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TIRE ON DUMP TRUCK WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TIRE RIM AND AXLE HUB.
Purco Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
I NAME, A LABOR9R WAS CLEANING COAL WITH HAND SHOVEL ALONG SPOIL PILE PICKING UP LOOSE MATERIAL FOLLOWING THE LOADER THAT WAS CLEANING UP LARGER MATERIAL. A SMALL P PORTION OF THE3SPOIL PILE SLID AND ENTRAPPED I NAME
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