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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 17, 1985 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pittsburgh Coal Works Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS PULLING ON A DOOR AND THE DOOR BROKE AND HE FELL SPRAINING HIS BACK AND RT LEG

September 14, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pittsburgh Coal Works Inc · Struck by flying object

A PARTICLE FLEW INTO LEFT EYE WHEN CHANGING OIL IN HIGHLIFT.

September 29, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pittsburgh Coal Works Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS OPENING A DOOR & AS THE DOOR WAS CLOSING HE CAUGHT HIS WRIST IN THE DOOR

August 2, 1983 WV · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pittsburgh Coal Works Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND MOVING WATER LINES OUT OF THE BUGGY ROAD AND HE HURT HIS BACK HE NEVER REPORTED THIS INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR WE WERE NOT AWARE HE GOT HURT

March 30, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pittsburgh Coal Works Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A MOTOR AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT HAND

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