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Years on record
1983–2026
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January 24, 1990 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING THE BUTTERFLY ON A PIECE OF BLET STRUCTURE WITH A PICK HAMMER WHEN THE PICK HAMMER SLIPPED AND CAME BACK TO HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.

April 15, 1988 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES HAND BECAME ENTANGLED IN HANDLE ON CHUTE ADJUSTER

January 11, 1988 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED MAN WAS3HOLDING A METAL FRAME WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE WAS HIT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER

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