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May 22, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING ROCK DUST THROUGH A PORPPED OPEN MANDOOR. THE PROP HOLDING THE MANDOOR WAS JARRED, AND THE MANDOOR FELL ON THE EMPLOYEES HAND.

April 19, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SOME STEEL FROM A TRUCK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

March 1, 1989 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Resources Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

TAIL JACK BROKE LOOSE ON TAILPIECE AND TAILPIECE SLID ONTO EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.

February 23, 1989 WV · Coal apprentice, trainee HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING SHIELD BACK ON THE MINER AND IT PINCHED HIS FINGER.

March 27, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP SAID HE WAS3SHOVELING COAL AND SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS BACK

February 3, 1986 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS LIFTING AND TURNING TO LOAD MATERIAL ONTO A BELT.

January 4, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP STATED THAT3HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK WHILE HANDLING BELT STRUCTURE

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