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January 15, 1999 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM INSTALLING FAN PUMP ON D11 DOZER, WHEN ALIGHNMENT BAR SLIPPED ALLOWING PUMP TO FALL ON EE'S RT HAND.

October 6, 1998 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BEATING OLD RILL BIT OFF WITH SLEDGE HAMMER: PIECE BROKE OFF & WENT BESIDE GLASSES HITTING HIM IN EYE

February 28, 1998 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOOSENING BOLT WITH WRENCH. BOLT BROKE LOOSE AND WRENCH CUT RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER.

January 30, 1998 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING COAL FINES UNDER CRUSHING PLANT, PIECE OF COAL FINE GOT IN EMPLLOYEE'S EYE, HE THEN RAISED UP QUICKLY AND HIT HIS HEAD ON CROSS MEMBER OF CRUSHER.

June 4, 1996 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING PIN OUT OF RIPPER USING SLEDGE HAMMER. PIECE OF PIN CHIPPED OFF STRIKING WORKER IN LEG BY THE KNEE.

February 5, 1996 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE USING A LONG BAR SOCKET WRENCH PULLING BOLT TIGHT ON LOADER AND FELT SHARP PAIN INHIS BACK WHIL TIGHTENING BOLT.

January 17, 1996 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

ACCIDENT VICTIM HIS IN LEG WITH METAL FRAGMENT FROM DOZER RIPPER TOOTH AS IT WAS STRUCK WITH HAMMER.

October 26, 1994 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPAIRING A LOADER. WHILE TRYING TO TURN A LARGE NUT WITH A BREAKER BAR, HE STRAINED LOWER LEFT ARM.

January 5, 1994 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DAVID WAY PRYING ON LIGHT PLANT WITH A POCKET KNIFE, WHEN IT CLOSED ON HIS FINGER.

August 7, 1991 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS DRIVING PIN FROM TRACK FRAME WITH 6" LONG DRIVE PIN AND HAMMER,WHEN PIN IN TRACK FRAME BECAME DISLODGED THE TRACK FRAME DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES,PINNING THE VICTIMS THUMB BETW EEN DRIVE PIN AND PIN BORE ON TRACK FRAME.

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