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March 11, 2006 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

North Star Energy, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove a board from conveyor belt that was being spliced on the surface of the mine. A piece of the chisel head broke off and entered into his left wrist.

January 12, 2005 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Joshua Fuel, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was driving a half-header on feeder to block it up, using a sledge hammer. The header board broke letting the hammer handle move forward, mashing his left little finger.

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