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August 11, 1998 WV · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keith Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ROCK OUT OF THE FEEDER AND PULLEDSOMETHING IN HIS ARM.

August 7, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keith Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS WORKING AS A MINER HELPER PULLING MINER CABLE IN WET, DAMP CONDITIONS. AS HE WAS PULLINGTHE CABLE HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THE PAIN PROGRESSED THROUGHOUT THE SHIFT WHICH IT STARTED OUT MILDY

April 18, 1997 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keith Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEN WAS WORKING ON A BELT DRIVE, REPLACING THE BOTTOM FRONT ROLLER ,EE BEGAN PULLING THE ROLLER THREW THE DRIVE, WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROLLER & THE FRAME OF THE DRIVE

February 6, 1997 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keith Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WAS PUTTING A PUMP MOTOR ON THE 245 MINER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

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