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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 27, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D A R N Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ASSISTING MECHANIC REPLACING BELT HEAD MOTOR.

May 18, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D A R N Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKED ON THE MINER HAD TO MOVE MINER BACK TO THE COAL MG HIMSELF GOT OFF OF THE MINER TO MOVE THE CABLE AND PULLED HIS BACK HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT

February 26, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D A R N Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICK-UP DRILL STEEL HAD A BURR THAT STUCK HIM IN THE PALM OF THE RIGHT HAND.

July 14, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D A R N Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HA3GING WATER LINE AND RAN A PIECE OF WIRE BRAID FROM WATER LINE IN FINGER. CAUSED AN INFECTION. FOUND OUT LATER FINGER WOULD NOT HEAL BECAUSE OF OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEM.

October 31, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D A R N Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING BONDER ON MANTRIP BONDER SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER

October 24, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D A R N Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON FEEDER AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE BUMPER OF THE FEEDER

December 13, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D A R N Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING COAL TRUCK TIRE AND HURT HIS BACK.

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