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1983–2026
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August 1, 1992 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Right Fork Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

25530OVER AND PICKED UP ELECTRICAL CABLES STRAINING UPPER BACK.

March 18, 1992 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Right Fork Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SHOVELING COAL ONTO BELTLINE AND EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE REPORTED ACCIDENT 3-27-92 AND SAW A DOCTOR 3-31-92.

March 6, 1991 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Right Fork Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING COVERS BACK ON MINER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 9, 1989 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Right Fork Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL LIFTING TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR WAS DROPPED ON LEFT BIG TOE.HAD ON TENNIS SHOES AT THE TIME.

April 29, 1987 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES WERE 4OVING SOME STEEL RAILS IN AN OLD ENTRY WHEN ONE ROLLED OFF THE PILE AND LANDED ON VICTIMS HAND

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