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June 18, 1997 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stonecoal Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE AND FELT BURNING INBACK.

April 10, 1996 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stonecoal Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS REMOVING PANEL LID ON 488 S&S SCOOP AND CAUGHT LEFT RING FINGER UNDER LID, CUTTING FINGER AND BREAKING IT ON LAST JOINT.

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