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Years on record
1983–2026
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February 22, 2001 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE TO USE AS A SKIRT FOR #3 94L, HE CUT THE MIDDLE OF HIS LEFT THUMB. THE FOREMAN BELIEVED IT WAS CUT TO THE BONE.

May 2, 2000 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER ALLEGES HE WAS PUTTING A BEARING IN A 94L AND TAPPED THE BEARING WITH A HAMMER WHICH HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.

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