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April 12, 1991 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

POUNDING WITH A HAMMER AND STRUCK HIS FINGER AGAINST A METAL BAR. LOST WORK DAYS DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL 4/17/91; INJURY IS NOT OTHERWISE REPORTABLE.

August 22, 1990 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING HAMMER TO REMOVE CONVEYOR BELT PIN FROM BELT SPLICE. STRUCK SELF ON RIGHT HAND WITH HAMMER.

March 2, 1990 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HIT ELBOW ON SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED. EMPLR NOT AWARE OF ON JOB INJURY UNTIL 3/12.

February 12, 1990 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONSTRUCTING SEALS. POSITIONED HAND BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS BLOCKS STRUCK RIGHT HAND RESULTED IN FRACTURE TO MIDDLE FINGER. NO LOST TIME.

February 9, 1990 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MAKING REPAIRS ON 10 TON SIMPLEX JACK. THE EXTERNAL EXTENSION WAS RAISED TO CAPACITY HEIGHT. HE PLACED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER IN THE EXTENSION TRAVEL WYA; DURING REPAIRS THE EXTENSION RELEASE WAS TIRPPED CAUSING THE EXTENSION TO FALL ON THE FINGER.

September 23, 1989 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING RACHET JACK ON BELT TAILPIECE AND THE HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF JACK HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST.

August 1, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REACHING ABOVE HEAD WITH SLATE BAR REMOVING LOOSE MATERIAL EXPER PAIN IN BACK R SHOULDER

April 6, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS RERAILING FLAT CAR WHEN JACK FELL OUT AND HIT ON RIGHT FOOT.

April 3, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PLICING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. CABLE SLIPPED & KNIFE CUT HAND. INCISION REQUIRES STITCHES. NO LOST TIME.

March 8, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS CHANGING A SPROCKET ON THE FEEDER HE WAS POUNDING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FROM THE SPROCKET FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEG THE LACERTION REQUIRED STITCHES NO LOST TIME

February 20, 1989 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING LUGS ON TRUCK WHEELS WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING RT KNEE & KNOCKED FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIMSELF ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSED AS SPRAIN THIS INJURY RESULTED IN LOST TIME ON 092189 & PRIOR TO THIS TIME WAS NOT OTHERWISE REPORTABLE

November 14, 1988 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUILDING OVERCAST AND HIT SELT IN MOUTH WITH HAMMER NO LOST TIME LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES

May 26, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING UNDER OLD SPILLBOARD LEANING AGAINST WHEN SPILL SLID DOWN HITTING HIM.

April 22, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS USIN1 A HACKSAW AND CUT HIS FINGER ON A SHARP EDGE. HE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DR AFTER WORK HOURS. THEDR STITCHED THE WOUND.

August 4, 1986 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS PULL3NG CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER WITH A GRIPHOIST AND THE BELT CLAMPS SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED THE GRIPHOIST HANDLE TO HIT HIM IN HT EMOUTH CUTTING HIS LEFT UPPER AND LOWER LIP

March 14, 1986 WV · Coal belt cleaner, picker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oneida Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS SHOV9LING THE DOUBLE DRIVE AND THE BELT HEAD HE WAS PUSHING THE SHOVEL WITH HIS FOOT AND IT SLIPPED THUS STRIKING IT AGAINST THE ANKLE BRUISED ANKLE

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