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1983–2026
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December 7, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New World Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME TWISTED WRIST AND HAND WHEN GETTING OFF DOZER.

October 10, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New World Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS REPLACING BELLY PAN ON HAULER WHEN THE PAN D ROPPED DOWN ON H IS HAND INJURIED THE LEFT MIDDLE & RING FINGER

April 25, 1988 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New World Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE INJURED HIS THUMB AS HE WAS ENTERING THE LOADER BY SHUTTING THE DOOR ON IT.

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