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2000–2026
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May 21, 2009 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was sitting on the ground cutting a power lead with a utility knife. The lead was lying on employee's thigh. As he was cutting, the knife slipped cutting the employee's leg.

May 20, 2009 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While trying to knock a pin out of the push arm on a dozer, a piece of the hammer broke off and embedded in the employee's leg.

October 5, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE suffered a deep laceration to his left index finger when he got his finger pinched between a threading machine and a pipe wrench while threading pipe.

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