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October 19, 1993 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
D S B Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE (LOADER OPERATOR) WAS FOUND SITTING IN A CHAIR IN THE SCALE HOUSE @ 8:15 A.M. SUFFERING FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. AND AUTOPSY IS BEING PERFORMED. (AUTOPSY REPORT- HEART ATTACK).

September 18, 1989 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D S B Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LARGE LUMPS OF COAL WERE BRIDGED ABOVE CRUSHER ROLLS IN CHUTE. OPERATOR TRYED TO BREAK THEM WITH TAMPING BAR. BAR WENT BETWEEN LUMPS, STRUCK CRUSHER ROLL, AND KICKED BACK SRIKING HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD NEAR LEFT EYE. HE RECEIVED A 1/2" CUT CORNER OF EYE AND BRUISE.

February 27, 1984 PA · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D S B Company · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE HOPPER DOORS ON RAILROAD CAR USING A PRY BAR

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