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1983–2026
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August 16, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SETTING TIMBERS ON SECTION HOLDING A TIMBER AND LET HIS HELPER HIT THE TIMBER AND MISSED AND HIT HIS FINGER.

March 8, 1989 VA · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Estep Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED PERSON WAS GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAIL PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN ROCK CAUGHT IT AGAINST FRAME OF TAILPIECE CAUSING CUT & MASHED FINGER.

January 20, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PERSON WAS SAWING A TIMBER WHEN SAW SLIPPED IN TIMBER CAUSING IT TO JUMP OUT AND CUTTING FINGER

October 15, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS CUTTING CABLE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT BACK OF HAND

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