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July 23, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Big Valley Coal Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PLASTERING STOPPINGS WITH B BOND AND DID NOT USE LONG CUFF RUBBER GLOVES WHICH WERE AVAILABLE TO HIM RESULT WAS THAT EMP SUFFERED CHEMICAL BUR NS TO HIS WRIST AND HANDS

June 4, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Big Valley Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PLACING A WHEEL UNIT ON A SHUTTLE CAR BY USING A COME-A-LONG THE HOISTING UNTI SLIPPED AND THE RIGHT FOREARM OF THE EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WHEEL UNIT AND THE FRAME OF THE SHUTTL E CAR.

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