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1983–2026
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March 11, 1992 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CHANGING TOOTH ON 992C BUCKET, METAL FLAKED OFF STRIKING RIGHT INNER THIGH. 1/4"X1" PIECE OF METAL EMBEDDED IN THIGH RECEIVED 5 STITCHES.

February 21, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Poley Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SERVICING DOZER USED PRY BAR TO REMOVE COVER FOR FILTER PRY BAR SLIPPED LEFT HAND HIT DOZER J HOOK CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER KNUCKLE ON LEFT HAND EMBEDDED J HOOK

September 9, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Poley Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HELPING MECHANIC REPAIR POWDER TRUCK, KNOCKING U-JOINT APART WITH HAMMER , A PIECE OF METAL HIT EMPLOYEE IN ABDOMEN.

September 18, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ison Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO MECHANICS WERE WORKING ON DOZER REMOVING PINS WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND ALLOWED EE HAND TO BE CUAGHT BETWEEN PRY BAR AND FRAME OF DOZER. EE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY WHERE X RAYS WERE TAKE N. THESE AND THE EXAMINATION SHOULD NO BROKEN BONES.

July 29, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PORTA POWER RAM MOVED FROM CRIBBING & CAUGHT FINGER OF SUBJECT BREAKING SUBJECTS FINGER THE TIIP.

June 4, 1988 VA · Coal boomcat operator, stripping shovel operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ison Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

25 TON RAM SLIPPED WHILE CHANGING INSIDE RIM TIRE OF CAT 777 HAULER #637 AND CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN FLANGE ON TIRE AND RIGHT REAR SHOCK ON HAULER. TIP OF THUMB, ABOVE KNUCKLE, WAS BROKEN.

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