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December 2, 1988 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Pretzel Excavating · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A NON EMPLOYEE CUT A TREE ON PERMITTED LAND IN DADVANCE OF STRIPPING OPERATION THE TREE WOULD NOT FALL AND HE PROCEEDED TO CUT OTHERS NEARBY WIND APARENTLY BROUGHT TREE DOWN ON VICTIM WHO WAS APPROX 60 FEET FROM BASE OF TREE CAUSING CRUSHING FATAL INJURIES

February 13, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pretzel Excavating · Struck by falling object

THE TRUCK DRIVE9 WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO LEVEL OFF HIS LOAD OF COAL, WHENA PIECE OF COAL FELL AND SMASHED HIS FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND, REQUIRING STITCHES.

September 15, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Pretzel Excavating · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKERS WERE USING WOODEN BLOCKS TO BREAK LOOSE HI LIFT TIRE WHEN ONE BLOCK SLIPPED AS DOZER CAMEW FORWARD AGAINST BLOCK AND PINNED I NAME BETWEEN DOZER BLADE AND HI LIFT TIRE DOZER CRUSHED WORKER RESULTING IN HEAD AND EXTENSIVE CHEST AND INTERNAL INJURIES

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