BURNING TRASH BEHIND MINE OFFICE. SPARKS IGNITED DRY GRASS COVERING COMPLUTED MINE AREA. FIRE NOT EXTINGUISED WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
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Dash Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
Dash Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine
OPERATOR BLEW A PANCAKE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE AND BRAKE FAILURE. HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB CAUSING INJURY.
December 19, 1984
PA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
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Dash Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 777 ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL FROM THE PIT AND WAS LOWERING THE WINDOW WHEN THE CLIP ON THE TOP OF WINDOW BROKE AND FORCED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WINDOW SEA L AND THE WINDOW
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