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October 1, 1999 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED HE HURT HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM 10/1 WHILEPICKING ROCK FROM SHAKER. HE DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 10/4 & SAID HE COULDN'T GET DR. APPT. UNTIL 10/6. REPORTED 10/6 DR. SAID HE HAD PULLED MUSC LE IN ARM, TO KEEP IT MOVING OR IT WOULD STIFFENUP. EE THEN SAID DR. SAID HE WAS TO OLD FOR THIS WORK & IF WORKER'S COMP DIDN'T COOPERATE GET A LAWYER. DR. OFFICE DENIES/WAITING ON WORKER COM

March 25, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN PLANT. WIND BLEW HIS HARD HAT OFF. AT SAME TIME WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP HAT, WIND BLEW A BOARD OVER AND STRUCK HIMON THE FOREHEAD. REQUIRED 8 STITCHES. RETURNED B ACK TO WORK.

December 16, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT FINGER ON POWER DRILL BIT

February 15, 1994 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER WORK HOURS WITH COMPLAINT OF BREATHING PROBLEMS; HE WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT FOR TESTING AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

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