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November 7, 1988 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

B D & J Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE EMPL USING HYDRAULIC HAND DRILL TO DRILL ANCHOR HOLES,OIL RUN DOWN STEEL AND SPLATTERED OIL INTO RIGHT EYE.

July 24, 1986 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

B D & J Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING A BUGGY CABLE SPLICE-HE WAS HOLDING KINCKER AND STRUCK IT WITH A HAMMER MINHAMMER MISSING HITTING HIS LEFT THUMB.

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