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April 9, 1991 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED BATTERY OVER TAILGATE OF PICKUP TRUCK STRAINED NECK ADN BETWEEN SHOULDERS.

August 16, 1990 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CHECKING OIL ON LOADER, STRUCK L HAND AGAINST HANDRAILLLL BRUISED MUSCLE AND BONE OF UPPER PART L HAND

August 1, 1990 VA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DRILL BOOM, CAUGHT L HAND BETWEEN BOOM AND CHAIN HAIRLINE FRACT 1 FINGER CUT FINGER REQ STITCHES

February 15, 1990 VA · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE ASSISTING MECHANIC AND OTHER HELPERS TO TURN CUTTING EDGES ON DOZER, EMPLOYEE AND MECHANIC LIFTED OLD CUTTING EDGE OUT OF THE WAY-EMPLOYEE FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT HIP.

January 20, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MECHANICS WERE CHANGING BUCKET ON LOADER HE LIFTED BUCKET PIN INTO BACK OF PICK UP.

November 21, 1989 VA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN RETURNING CAPS TO POWDER MAGAZINE CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TOP OF DOOR AND THE DRIP LIP. THE FIRST JOINT OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER IS BROKEN.

October 28, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BELLY PAN FROM D9L DOZER FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S ARM AND BROKE IT (COMPOUND). SAFETY CHAIN SLIPPED ALLOWING 400 LB. PAN TO CATCH ARM. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HINGED SIDE OF PAN IN WHTA IS NORMALL Y A SAFE POSITION.

November 29, 1988 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING LARGE PIECE OF METAL EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

March 4, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SLAG FROM WELDED AREA COOLED THUS ALLOWING A PIECE TO POP OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE HAD JUST LIFTED WELDING HOOD FROM EYES. HE WASHED EYE OUT AND GAVE EMPLOYEE EYE DROPS AND CRAM TO USE.

October 24, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACING PIN IN 4ACK ALONG DESIGNATED GROOVE USING THUMB TO ALIGN PIN AND WHEN PIN SLIPPED HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE GROOVE.THUMB WAS CUT PARTIALLY SEVERED AND REQ 5-6 STITC ES TO REPAIR.AL3GNMENT BAR WAS PRESENT BUT NOT BEING USED.

August 24, 1987 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE OPENING GREASE BARREL, CUT LEFT ARM ON LID OF BARREL.

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