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739,207
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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 22, 1989 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING HOSE WITH KNIFE IT SLIPPED AND STUCK EMP IN R KNEE AREA CUTTING SKIN REQ STITCHES.

May 3, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC IN ATTEMPTING TO PRESS THE SHAFT OUT OF THE TRAVEL SPROCKET OF LIMA 2400 DRAGLINE. A 20 TON HYDRAULIC JACK WAS USED TO FORCE HOUSING UPWARD AS SHAFT WAS FORCED DO WNWARD WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. AS FORCE INCREASED, THE HYDRAULIC JACK BROKE AND SLIPPED FROM POSITUJIN. VICTIM WAS WATCHING IN SQUATTING POSITION AND WAS STRUCK BY JACK FIRST ON LEFT KNEE AND THE

March 15, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS USING A HAMMER AND PUNCH TO PUT BEARING S ON THE SHAFT OF A CAT D-9 DOZER. AS HE STRUCK THE PUNCH A PC. OF METAL FLEW FROM HEAD OF PUNCH INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE SILVER OF METAL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED.

January 8, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MECHANIC WAS AT7EMPTING TO REMOVE BELLY PAN FROM D-9 DOZER. THE BELLY PAN WAS SECURED IN PLACE BY CHAIN & BOOM TRUCK. HOWEVER WHEN LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THE BELLY PAN SHIFTED SLIGHTLY PINCHI NG MECHANICS TH6MB-LEFT- BETWEEN BELLY PAN & UNDERCARRIAGE.

December 5, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TRACKS OF DOZER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH MUD THROUGH THE TRACKS WITH SHOVEL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK

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