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October 25, 1984 VA · Coal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING ON TIPPLE AND PAINT SPRAIER GOT STOPPED UP. WHILE TRING TO CLEAN OUT SPRAIER THINNER JUMPED OUT OF END AND GOT IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.

September 7, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON BRAKE PISTON WHEN PISTON RELEASED STRIKING EES FINGER.

August 7, 1984 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL DRAGGING VIBRATOR DECK ACROSS FLOOR AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

June 18, 1984 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ROLLING A BIG ROCK INTO FRONT END LOADER BUCKET

February 22, 1984 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS CHECKING FOR AN AIR LEAK AND GOT HIS HEAD INTO THE DRIVE LINE OF A TEREX HAULER CUTTING THE TOP OF HIS HEAD REQUIRING 7 STITCHES

January 13, 1984 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR CLOSED ON THUMB.

August 29, 1983 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Rapoca Energy Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING A PIECE OF METAL & SLAG IN THE EYE.

August 2, 1983 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPRAINED BACK

July 6, 1983 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rapoca Energy Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AND HIT RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.

March 18, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL AND STRAINED HIS BACK

March 7, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rapoca Energy Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT FOOT IN BELTLINE.

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