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August 3, 1992 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Templeton Coal Company · Fall from machine

64539NG LIGHT PLANT ON DRAGLINE SLIPPED OFF

March 21, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Templeton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REMOVED GUARD ON HEAD PULLEY OF FEEDER BELT TO PUT CINDER ON BELT TO STOP HEAD PULLEY FROM SLIPPING, AS HE WAS THROWING CINDERS IN HE SLIPPED AND HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT IN HEAD PULLEY. .

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