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May 28, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winchester Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS REMOVING 2 HYDRAULIC JACKS FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK & THE TAIL GATE CAME OPEN & THE JACKS FELL TO THE GROUND ONE OF THE JACKS HIT I.NAME ON THE UPPER PART OF HIS ANKLE.

September 12, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winchester Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE RAISED DOOR ON FRONT END LOADER IN ORDER TO CHECK OIL. HE FAILED TO FASTEN DOOR IN UPRIGHT POSITION. DOOR FELL FROM OPEN POSITION. SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWWEN DOOR & ENDLOADER BODY.

September 5, 1984 WV · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winchester Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LIFTED A COAL SAMPLE INTO A PICKUP TRUCK REPORTED FOLLOWING DAY THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK. COAL SAMPLE WAS IN METAL CAN WEIGHING APPOX 30#.

July 25, 1983 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winchester Coals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHIEL CLEANING COAL OUT OF SERVICE WAS OF THICKNER EMP DROPPED HARD HAT INTO SLUICE WAY HAT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH 50% SOULTION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE WHEN EMP REPLACED HAT NAOH BURNED SCALP

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