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October 5, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck by falling object

BINDING A MISC. LOAD OF CRIB BLOCKS ETC. ON A FLATBED TRAILER. WHEN HE THREW THE CHAIN ACROSS THE LOAD, 2-3 CRIB BLOCKS FELL, STRIKING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. CUT AN INCH AND ONE HALF CUT AND SOME SWELLING. ALSO COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS.

April 2, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A RATCHET TYPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT THE RATCHET SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND,STRIKING HIM ON THE MIDDLE OF HIS FOREHEAD.

March 21, 1991 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT A PLASTIC CONTAINER I NAME KNIFE FOLDED UP ON HIS FINGER

June 3, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck against stationary object

USING SM PRY BAR BAR SLIPPED R INDEX FINGER STRUCK AGAINST PC OF METAL LACERATING IT

January 21, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PRYING WITH PC METAL ANGLE IRON STATED THAT THE ANGLE IRON SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM OVER R EYE

April 19, 1989 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS USING A BELT PUNCH TO ALIGN HOLES IN SKIRT RUBBER WHEN THE PUNCH SLIPPED & STRUCK HIM OVER HIS LEFT EYE

November 1, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A HAMMER AND METAL PUNCH TO REMOVE A BROKEN DRILL BIT FROM ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL, THE BROKEN DRILL BIT FRACTURED ANDA SMALL PIECE OF THE STEEL WAS EMBEDDED IN THE VICTIM'S LEFT W RIST.

January 24, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS USIN1 A PRY BAR TO INSTALL A BELT WIPER WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND STRUKC HIM ON THE THUMB

January 18, 1988 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING MANUA5 TYPE WINCH WHEN HANDLE SLIPPED FROM GRASP STRIKING LEFT HAND AND RIGHT WRIST.

November 28, 1987 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Processing Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I,NAME WAS USIN1 A MANUAL WINCH TO LIFT THE RIB TAILPIECE ON THE R-6 CONVEYOR AND WHILE TURNING THE WINCH CRANK HANDLE HE STATED HE FELT A SHARP, BURNING PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA. (THE EMPL OYEE DID NOT RE1ORT THE INJURY TO THE EMPLOYEE UNTIL 12-10-87).

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