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April 13, 1990 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
L T Contracting Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ENGAGED BUCKET HOIST THEN LEFT CONTROLS TO CHECK ON OIL LEAK.BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN MOVING HOIST CYLINDER AND MACHINE CAUSING ASPHYXIATION.

January 13, 1989 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
L T Contracting Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACKING UP EUCLID ROCK TRUCK BACKED OFF OF EDGE OF ROAD-TRUCK ROLLED ON RIGHT SIDE.

March 20, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L T Contracting Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING STEAM GEN3Y(PORTABLE WATER CLEANING MACHINE)TO CLEAN LOADER.

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