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April 23, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Twin-Branch Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CHANGING HYDRAULIC PUP ON 86 CABLE REEL SCOOP WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING MAN TO CUT PALM OF RIGHT HAND.

April 10, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Twin-Branch Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEN WERE MAKING3A BELT SPLICE AND HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF MAN HAMMER AND STRUCK HIM I N THE NOSE CAUSING A FRACTURE AND CUT.

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