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April 26, 2001 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
I-22 Processing Inc · Struck by falling object

REPAIRING ROOF ON STORAGE SHED JOB COMPLETED LOST FOOTAGE COMING DOWN OFF ROOF CUT LEFT RING FINGER.

September 25, 2000 PA · Coal miner, nec MACHINERY
I-22 Processing Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS BURNING THROUGH A PIECE OF METAL. HOT SPAWLS BURNED THROUGH PANTS, DROPPED INTO BOOT AND BURNED LEFT FOOT.

September 6, 2000 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
I-22 Processing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON AND AFTERWARDS FELT BACK PAIN.

August 14, 2000 PA · Coal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
I-22 Processing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CABLES WERE BEING TNESIONED WHEN THE CABLE BROKE THRU THE CONCRETE. THE TENSIONING DEVICE STILL ATTACHED TO THE CABLE SWUNG DOWM AND STRUCK THE EE.

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