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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 13, 1988 WV · Coal rock duster HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westridge Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING COAL ON BELT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HE WAS AVISED TO STOP WORK IF HE HAS ANY PAIN ANY WHERE JOB TRAINED.

December 4, 1984 WV · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

JACK SET WRONG HE PULLED LEVER TO PUSH BRIDGE UP GOT HIS ARM BETWEEN B RIDGE AND JACK BRUISED HIS LEFT ARM FOREARM BRUISED SWELLED NOT BROKE.

July 11, 1984 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SETTING JACK ON MINER HAD RT HAND AT BOTTOM OF JACK JACK TURNED SIDEWAYS CAUGHT SMALL FINGER RT HAND SKINNED SMALL FINGER RT HAND AT TIP END OF INGER

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