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May 30, 1986 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edmunds Contracting & Supply Company · Struck by flying object

OPERATOR ON DRA1LINE USING SLEDGE HAMMER SLEDGING PIN IN CROWS FOOT STONE WAS WEDGED IN CROWS FOOT WHILE SLEDGING PIN PIECE OF STONE FLEW & LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.

February 6, 1986 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edmunds Contracting & Supply Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING MECHANI7 INSTALL BATTERIES ON CAT D8 DOZER HOLDING LID LIP WITH PIPE BAR PIPE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ON HEAD

June 6, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Edmunds Contracting & Supply Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AIR HOSE COUPLER ON DRILL BROEK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HEAD AND LEFT HAND, CUTTING BOTH.

January 24, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Edmunds Contracting & Supply Company · Struck against a moving object

ICE ON 10 FT. RAMP DUMPING DIRT IN STRIPPING-SLIDING BACK LOAD SHIFTED-TRUCK ROLLED ON LEFT SIDE.

August 17, 1983 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler ELECTRICAL
Edmunds Contracting & Supply Company · Flash burns (electric)

CHECKING BATTERY WATER ON MANITOWOC #4500 DRAGLINE. BATTERY EXPLODED BURNING RIGHT ARM.

July 19, 1983 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Edmunds Contracting & Supply Company · Struck against stationary object

REPAIRING HIS CATERPILLAR #992 LOADER-USING #L15 EUCLID LOADER TO LIFT ASSEMBLY FROM CAT, #992 LOADER-BUMPED RIGHT KNEE CAP ON TOOL BOX IN EUCLID #L15 LOADER.

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