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739,207
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1983–2026
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November 9, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Bostic Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC PUMP ON A PIECE OF HEAVY MACHINERY. THE PUMP SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS LEFT HAND. HIS LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS WERE CUT AND THE INDEX FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

September 13, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J T N Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT HE WAS REACHING FOR RAILING TO GET BACK ON DOZER WHEN SOMETHING IN HIS NECK POPPED MEDICAL RECORDS STATED THAT IT WAS SPRAIN TO THE NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

August 13, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mullins Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE HAD BEEN WOR5ING U/G PULLING CABLE & WHEN HE GOT OUTSIDE AT THE END OF T HE DAY & STOOD UP HE HAD TROUBLE STRAIGHTENING HIS LEG & HIS KNEE WAS HURTING. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED.

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