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739,207
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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 19, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pratt Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 TO HURT NECK WHILE HOLDING TO BOOM OF MINER AND SWINGING UNDER BOOM,TO BLOCK BOOM.EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING WORK DUE TO ALLEGED INJURY ON 11/02/87.

March 18, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pratt Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING TWO BUNDLES OF 4 FOOT ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE DEVELOPED BACK PAIN.

February 17, 1986 WV · Coal loading machine/gather arm loader helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pratt Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING CINDERBLOCKS WHEN HE MASHED FINGERS BETWEEN BLOCKS.

April 16, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pratt Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL PULLING ON WIRE ROPE WHEN PIECE OF WIRE RUN THROUGH HIS GLOVE AND INTO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

March 22, 1985 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pratt Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE SUFFERED BACK PAIN. THIS INJURY WAS ORIGINDLY DIAGNOSED AS NOT WORK RELATED.

March 8, 1983 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pratt Mining Company · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON HOLDING MAGNET DOOR SWUNG DOWN AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING NINE STITCHES.

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