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Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 22, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E-Town Supply Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS TRYING TO CLOSE TAILGATE WHICH WAS WEDGED OPEN. WHEN DRIVER TRIED TO RELEASE WEDGE HE WAS STRUCK BY TAILGATE IN HEAD AS IT CLOSED.

June 2, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E-Town Supply Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS UNPLUGGING A HOPPER OF COAL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A COAL FRAGMENT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.RESULTING IN HIS LEFT CORNED BEING SCRATCHED.

August 23, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E-Town Supply Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT AND RIGHT KNUCKLES WERE CUT.

May 18, 1988 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E-Town Supply Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS INSTALLING A GARAGE DOOR WHILE POUNDING ON A METAL BRACKET A SMALL PIECE OF METAL SHATTERED AND WORKED ITS WAY INTO HIS LEFT EYE

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