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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 4, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING SLAG FROM WELD WITH CHIPPING HAMMER WHEN A PIECE GOT INTO HIS EYE.

April 18, 1988 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
King Powellton Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING TIMBER THAT HE WAS SAWING IN HIS LEFT HAND. WHEN HE PULLED THE SAW BACK TOWARD HIM IT SKIPPED SIDEWAYS AND CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. RECEIVED TWO STITCHES.

September 19, 1985 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hansford Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING REFUSE FILTERR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED DOWN THE HANDLE AND HIS FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN HANDLE AND FILTER SECTOR STRAP.

April 2, 1985 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL USING 3/4\\ DRIVE RATCHET AND 5\ CHEATER PIPE TO TIGHTEN TRACK BOLTS ON A DOZER WHEN RATCHET BROKE AND THE PIPE STRUCK HIS LEG ABOVE THE LEFT ANKLE.

April 9, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pratt Mining Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS CHIN CAUSING A CUT.

September 20, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
King Powellton Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE STARTING TO SAW A POST WHEN SAW BLADE JUMPED SIDEWAYS OUT FOF THE POST AND CUT INJUREDS THUMB

June 20, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pratt Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MECHANICAL WORK ON A DOZER WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING BROKE CAUSING HIS ELBOW TO STRIKE DOZER SPROCKET

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