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1983–2026
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June 5, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lorasen Coal Contractors Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER WEARING MUDDY BOOTS. HE SLIPPED TWISTING RIGHT LEG AND HIP.

March 19, 1996 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Lorasen Coal Contractors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SPREADING HAY WHEN WIND BLEW A PIECE OF HAY AND SCRATCHED HIS LEFT EYE.

November 6, 1995 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lorasen Coal Contractors Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PLASTIC PIPE. BACK POPPED OUT.

September 13, 1995 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lorasen Coal Contractors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A BEAM AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

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