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1983–2026
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October 13, 1992 WV · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF CHANNEL FRAME (STEEL) SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS LEFT THUMB.

September 16, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

REPLACING FILTER ON HYD SHOVEL NEW FILTER HAD STYRAFOAM PEANUTS STICKING TO SURFACES(STATIC) AREA WHERE THE FILTER WIRE MESH COMES TOGETHER HAD A DEFECT ON A BARB WAS PROTRUDING WITH A PEANUT ATTACHED WHILE WIPING CLEAN WITH HAND PALM CAME INTO CONTACT WITH WIRE BARB CAUSING A 1/8INTO1/4INX11/2IN LACERATION

May 7, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE GOT CLOTHING WET WITH CONCRETE WHICH CAUSED CONCRETE BURNS.

March 23, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHUTTING SLIDING GLASS IN EQUIPMENT. CAUGHT TIP OF RT. INDEX FINGER. ADVISED AFTER TREATMENT. REQUIRED (5) STICHES & SPLINTING.

March 5, 1992 WV · Coal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE-RIGGING CABLES THAT SUPPORTED A HANGING SCAFFOLD ON A COAL SILO UNDER CONSTRUCTIION. THESE CABLES HAD TO BE MOVED SEVERAL TIMES THAT DAY. HE WAS KNEELING ON CONCRETE ROOF WHILE FTING WEIGHT OF CABLE(ABOUT 50 LBS)THIS TRAUMATIZED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

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