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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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April 2, 1998 VA · Coal coal sampler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING LOWER BELT HEAD MOTOR DOWN CAT WALK. WHEN MOTOR GOT AWAY FROM MEN WHO WERE GUIDING MOTOR, EMPLOYEE JUMPED CLEAR TWISTING HIS BACK.

June 30, 1984 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL TO RELINE HOPPER WHEN DROPPING METAL DOWN INTO BIN BY ROPE, EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK

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