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December 17, 1985 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Shale Hill Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OUT THE AUGER ON A HYDRAULIC OPERATED BULK TRUCK USED FOR LOADING SHOT HOLES WITH AMMONIAA NITRATE WHEN THE AUGER CAUGHT THE GLOVE AND PULLED HIS FINGER INTO THE AUGER

July 7, 1983 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shale Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING AN ACCESS ROAD INTO THE CURRY RUN COAL STRIPPING OPERATION WITH THE 988 CATERPILLAR LOADER HIS BACK BECAME PAINFUL AND STARTED BOTHERING HIM

January 3, 1983 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shale Hill Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DAVIS WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO GET INTO THE 50TON ROCK TRUCK THAT HE OPERATES HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ONTO THE GROUND HIS LEFT SHOULDER HIT THE GROUND FIRST AND HIS WRIGHT WAS ALL ON TH E SHOULDER THE LADDER WAS MUDDLY

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