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1983–2026
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December 28, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lisa Lee Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS A MINER HELPER & WAS PULLING N MINER CABLE & HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK

July 11, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lisa Lee Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

A ROCK WAS BETWEEN THE SCOOP BUCKET AND THE SCOOP AND HE HURT HIS ABCK WHEN LIFTING THE ROCK OFF OF THE SCOOP.

May 17, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lisa Lee Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MINER LIDS AND DROPPED ONE ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

January 28, 1988 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lisa Lee Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOLT STRURTION AND STRAIN BACK.

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