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December 19, 1990 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Shermans Coal Company · Fall from machine

GETTING IN LOADER SLIPPED ON ICE COVERED LADDER LANDED ON PLATOFRM FELL TO GROUND

May 11, 1988 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE

Shermans Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

V BELT WAS SLIPPING ON DRIVE OF WORM. EMPL GRABBED BELT TO CREATE TENSION TO GET BELT MOVING. BELT STARTED TO DRIVE & PULLED EMPL HAND INTO SPROCKET SMASHING HIS FINGERTIP.

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