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March 30, 2004 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Uptown Motors Incorporated · Contact with hot objects or substances

Putting hydraulic oil in rock truck when hot mud fell from underside of bed and burned, ear, neck and face on left side.

March 16, 2004 AL · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Uptown Motors Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cleaning out drill bit that had stopped up. The bit had air pressure to it, he got it cleaned out & it blew dirt & gravel into his left arm.

January 20, 2003 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Uptown Motors Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ON HIS 8TH OR 9 TH POND WITH THE R-90 TRUCK. HE BACKED UP THE TRUCK AND DID NOT STOP AND THE TRUCK WENT DOWN THE DUMP AREA APPROX. 15 TO 20 FEET AND ROLLED OVER.

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