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February 11, 1993 OH · Coal auger helper MACHINERY
L & M Mineral Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PICKING GOB ON AUGER CONVEYOR AND HAD RIGHT PINKY FINGER MASHED, BETWEEN COAL PARTING SLAB & COAL LUMP.

June 7, 1990 OH · Coal auger helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L & M Mineral Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS STANDING ON THE CENTER OF AN AUGER PILE AND WHEN HOOKING UP AN AUGER, THE PILE SHIFTED CAUSING HIS RT LOWER LEG TO BE STRUCK BETWEEN TWO AUGERS.

July 19, 1989 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & M Mineral Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOOKING UP AUGERS IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGER PILE. THE PILE SHIFTED AND HIS RIGHT LEG GOT PINNED BETWEEN TWO AUGERS.

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