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October 31, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL USING PRY BAR TO REMOVE ROCK FROM ROOF OF MINE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 6, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING WITH A BAR, EMPLOYEE MASHED RIGHT THUMB.

February 25, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A SLATE BAR TO RAISE THE HEAD OF A HIGHWALL DRILL, THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE VICTIM'S RIGHT ELBOW JERKED BACK RAPIDLY CAUSING A SPRAIN.

January 8, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RESOCKETI3G THE CONTINUOUS MINER'S TRAILING CABLE,THE VICTIM CUT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT THUMB WITH THE KNIFE HE WAS USING.

December 15, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 TURNING A PIN WITH A BAR WHILE INSTALLING A BED ON A ROCK TRUCK. THE PIN SLIPPED AND THE BAR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S NOSE. THE NOSE WAS BROKEN.

October 5, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ASSISTING3A MECHANIC WORKING ON A LIFT JACK THE HEAD OF THE JACK WAS TAPPED TO LOOSEN IT AND IT SUDDENLY BROKE LOOSE AND SLID DOWN THE JACK ROD SMASHING AND LACERATING THE VICTIMS LEFT F IFTH FINGER 3

July 28, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO3FREE UP AN OVERSIZED PIECE OF SLATE THAT WAS HUNG UP ON CONVEYOR BELT VICTIM LIFTED HARD AND CAUSED STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER

January 3, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS USIN1 A LIFTING JACK TO REPAIR A TRUCK. HE PLACED A CRIB BLOCK ON TOP OF JACK. JACK TURNED OVER AND CRIB BLOCK FELL ON RIGHT FOOT BREAKING THE 5TH METATARSAL BONE.

September 30, 1985 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winchester Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS DIGGING A HOLE AT THE PREP PLANT WHEN HIS PICK STRUCK A GUARD POST AND KNOCKED HIS HARD HAT OFF HIS HEAD.

July 24, 1985 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winchester Coals Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

I.NAME WAS BUSTING LARGE LUMPS OF COAL THROUGH GRIZZLY WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

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