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Of which fatal
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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 23, 1986 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UN5OADING STONE HEAD IN TOP FLOOR OF FILTER BLDG WHEN HE WENT TO SET BARRELL UP. THE BARRELL SLIPPED IN CHAIN AND CAUGHT HANDS.

November 21, 1985 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sewell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD FI3ISHED PULLING 60 RAILS WITH SCOOP. HE WAS STANDING BEHIND SCOOP WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO MOVE RAILS OUT OF WAY END OF RAIL FLIPPED AROUND AND HIS HIS FOOT.

April 18, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sewell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING BATTERY TERMINAL WITH A KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

January 27, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER FOOTSHAFT.HE PRYED SLACK WITH SLATE BAR,SPRING TENSION PULLED CHAIN BACK AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND MINER.

April 8, 1983 WV · Coal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sewell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AT OPEN END OF RAIL THROWING IT OVER WITH A BAR WHILE RAIL WAS BEING BENT WITH HYDRAULIC RAIL BENDER RAIL SUDDENLY SPRUNG BACK STRIKING HIM ON THE ANKLE

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