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May 7, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackfoot Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OFF 777B ROCK HAULER AND BODY IN A TWIST.

January 26, 1988 VA · Coal auger helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackfoot Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING BLOCKS 6NDER AUGER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND BLOCK

February 5, 1985 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackfoot Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME HAD TURN THE MACHINE OFF AND WAITED THE REASONABLE AMT OF TIME FOR THE ROCK DUST TO SETTLE WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR THE FANNING OF THE DOOR STIRRED UP DUST AND WHEN I NAME STEP OUT THE THIS IS WHERE THE ROCK DUST OT IN HIS EYE

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