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August 13, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
La Rosa Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

85061S LIFTING A WATER PUMP AND AS HE TURNED TO PLACE THE PUMP IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION HE PULLED MUSCLE.

August 21, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
La Rosa Fuel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS STARTING TO REFUEL A DOZER.THE FUEL HOSE HAD A KINK IN IT.AS HE PULLED THE HOSE TO THE FUEL TANK ON THE DOZER THE KINK TWISTED AND PULLED THE HOSE AROUND AND HIT HIM AND THE MOUTH AND BROKE OFF PART OF HIS FRONT TEETH.

December 6, 1989 WV · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
La Rosa Fuel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING BREAKER PIN IN BREAKER STEEL. HANDLE ON THE PIN CAUGHT HIS HAND ON THE STEEL RACK BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE PIN.

May 8, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ann Lorentz Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES I.NAME & I.NAME WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING WHEN BUILDING SUDDENLY COLLAPSED STRIKING ONE MAN ON THE HEAD AND STRIKING THE OTHER MAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG, BREAKIN G HIS LEG

May 8, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ann Lorentz Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES I.NAME & I.NAME WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING WHEN BUILDING SUDDENLY COLLAPSED STRIKING ONE MAN ON THE HEAD AND STRIKING THE OTHER MAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG, BREAKIN G HIS LEG

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