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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 20, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE IN THE AREA WHERE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON A CONVEYOR CHAIN THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A FRAGMENT OF METAL

August 17, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

75926N INJURED WAS SPLICING A CB CABLE WIRE AND THE KNIFE HE WAS USING CLOSED ON HIS RT INDEX FINGER.

August 15, 1992 WV · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

68935 IN THE AREA WHERE MATERIAL WAS BEING BROKEN WITH A HAMMER, THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH MATERIAL.

October 7, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING JACK ADJUSTER FROM DM800 WATER TRUCK THE PRYBAR SLIPPED HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE NOST

September 5, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DOZER CHISEL FELL HIT HIM ON HEAD

August 29, 1990 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE HAD BEEN PUTTING OIL IN 785 ROCK TRUCK, WHEN THE HYDRAULIC JACK FELL ON FOOT.

January 16, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS TIGHTENING CHAIN ON DRILL AND WRENCH SLIPPED, HURTING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

December 20, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC CONNECT A HYDRAULIC OIL TUBE TO THE TOP OF A BLADE LIFT CYLINDER. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY THE TUBE INTO POSITION. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL . EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A SPRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM.

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