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October 16, 1998 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heritage Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ACCIDENT WASN'T REPORTED UNTIL 26TH OCTOBER. EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE OIL FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.HE PICKED UP ONE CAN OF OIL TWISTED BODY TO SET OIL DOWN INJURING LOWER BACK.

October 7, 1998 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Heritage Minerals Inc · Ingestion of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS EXAMINED FOR CLAIM APPLICATION 10-2-98 AND WAS DIAGNOSEDWITH PNEUMOCONIOUSIS. REPORT STATES CLAIMANT HAS SUFFERED SYMPTOMS ABOUT 9 YRS. WE WERE NOTIFIED 10-21-98.

October 6, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heritage Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OUT OF MANTRIP. FOOT SLIPPED, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

October 2, 1998 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Heritage Minerals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FILING OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM

September 25, 1998 WV · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heritage Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE SAID MANTRIP GOT HUNG UP IN HOLE ON ROADWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK FRONT OF MANTRIP UP. INJURED BACK.

September 16, 1998 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Heritage Minerals Inc · Flash burns (electric)

PUT BREAKER IN ON BELT STARTER BOX BREAKER FLASHED BURNING LEFT HAND

August 27, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heritage Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP WATER PUMP PAIN IN BACK.

June 10, 1998 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Heritage Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND TAILPIECE BEARING, WHEN TAIL ROLLER CAUGHT SHOVEL CAUSING SHOVEL TO STRIKE HIM ON RT SIDE FACE AND HEAD.

June 1, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heritage Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE SADI HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE-SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON TOP DIDNT TELL ANYONE AT MINE 3 DAYS LATER HE WENT TO MAIN OFFICE AND THURNED IN ACCIDENT-HE HAS NO TELEPHONE-CALLED HIS MOTHER S HE SADI HE WOULD GET UP WITH ME.

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