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1983–2026
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January 2, 1991 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
P & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL CUTTING PIECE OF BELT SPLICE HAD HAMMER ON TOP OF SPLICE AND WAS BEATING WITH ANOTHER HAMMER .PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF BOTTOM HAMMER AND WENT INTO KNUCKLE ON INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

October 11, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
P & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ HANGING CURTAIN AND HAMMER HIT LEFT POINTER FINGER.

March 28, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & A Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING ON A SCOOP BUCKET AND THE JACK FLEW OUT AND INJURED LEGS.

March 28, 1988 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & A Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS LAYING DOWN CLEANING OUT UNDER A DRIVE WITH A HOME MADE RAKE, AND WHEN HE PULLED THE RAKE OUT OF UNDER THE DRIVE IT CAME BACK FASTER THAN HE FIGURED IT WOULD AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE

March 14, 1988 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & A Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON WAS WORKING ON BUGGY WHEN JACK SLIPPED OUT & HIT HIM ON CHEEK.

November 24, 1987 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ WAS CHANGIN1 BASTTERIES ON RAM CAR, AND GOT HIS RT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JACK AND BATTERIES

April 29, 1985 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & A Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUNCHING HOLES 3N BELT AND HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER

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