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September 15, 1992 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN WAS LIFTING OR SCOOTING A ROCK OFF OF TAILPIECE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE.

February 2, 1991 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEN WERE MAKING A BELT MOVE,I.NAME HURT BACK LIFTING BELT ROPE.

October 20, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCRAPER ON BELT DRIVE WHEN IT SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN FOREHEAD.

July 24, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAID HE HURT BACK WATCHING BELT DRIVE.

October 29, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS IN8TALLING CUTTER BAR ON MACHINE WHEN ALINING ADJUSTMENT SCREW FOR CUTTER CHAIN RT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ADJUSTING SCREW AND SOCKET FOR ADJUSTING SCREW CUTTING FINGER OF F AT FIRST JOIN7 FROM NAIL

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