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July 28, 1988 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & D Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS TARPING THE LOAD OF COAL WHEN THE TARP STRAP SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT EYE AND BREAKING HIS GLASSES AND CAUSING A PIECE OF EYEGLASS TO BECOME IMBEDDED IN THE F LEFT SIDE OF HIS EYE

December 7, 1986 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & D Coal Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

PUMPING WATER O6T OF PIT EITHER THE PUMP AIRLOCKED OR HOSE GOT STOPPED UP PREVENTING INTAKE OF WATER CAUSING WATER IN PUMP TO CONINUE CYCLING AND BECOME HOT WHEN FOREMAN TURNED PUMP OFF THE HO SE BLEW OFF AND3 SCALDED HIM

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