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February 28, 1990 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

K & C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES MOVING MACHINE CABLE OUT OF HAUL ROAD AND RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP HURTING HIS NECK.

September 1, 1989 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

K & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME HAD JUST BENT A ROOF BOLT WHEN HE SUDDENLY TURNED AND PULLED HIS NECK.

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