EMPL LIFTING BATTERIES FROM DOZER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES.
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West Freedom Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
April 7, 1983
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Freedom Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE AS DRAGGING A WATER HOSE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS KNEE
March 9, 1983
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
West Freedom Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object
TOM CAMPBELL WAS RUNNING THE DOZER(D-9) HE WENT FROM THE SOFT SPOIL TO THE HARD SPOIL-HIT A ROCK AND IT JARRED HIM.
January 13, 1983
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
West Freedom Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE RUNNING THE HD41 DOZER A LIMB FROM A TREE HIT THE WINDOW IN THE DOOR OF THE DOZER AND GLASS SHATTERED AND PIECE WENT INTO HIS EYE
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