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May 21, 1999 WV · Coal face worker-shaft/slope sinking HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wind River Resources Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON 56 FT CRUSHER, DROPPED SCREEN, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN 2 PIECE OF METAL, MASHED MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND AND HAD TO GET 3 STITCHES.

October 8, 1997 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wind River Resources Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS REPLACING SCREEN GRATES IN JEFFREY CRUSHER GOAT FINGER BETWEEN SCREEN GRATE & HOUSING OR THE HAMMER.

April 27, 1996 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wind River Resources Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A NEW ROLL TO PUT IN THE SAMPLE CRUSHER AND HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND HIT THE WALL OF THE CRUSHER CUTTING HIS LEFT KNUCKLE.

October 18, 1995 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wind River Resources Corp · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS HELPING MECHANIC WHEN HE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS BACK ON THE FENDER OF THE ROCK TRUCK.

February 23, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELIGN FROM UNDER NO. 3 BELT LINE. HE WAS USING A LONG HANDLE SHOVEL. THE MATERIAL STUCK IN SHOVEL, WHEN HE TRIED TO PLACE MATERIAL IN ROAD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AT WAIST. TH IS CREATED A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

November 20, 1991 WV · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wind River Resources Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE INFORMED OTHER EMPLOYEE OF SORE ELBOW (REFERED TO HITTING IT THE DAY BEFORE). IT WAS MENTIONED IN PASSING FORM. TWELVE DAYS LATER EMPLOYEE WAS ASKED TO OPERATO DRILL OUTSIDE(COLD WE ATHER. EMPLOYEE THEN INFORMED EMPLOYEE THAT IF THAT WAS ALL THE WORK WE COULD OFFER HIM THAT HE THEN WOULD GO HOME AND TO A DOCTOR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HIS ELBOW. THE ELBOW HE SAID WAS INJURED

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