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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
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January 25, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Live Oak Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL KNOCKING A BEARING OUT OF MINER BOOM WHEN PUNCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON EYEBROW.

October 8, 1991 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Live Oak Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LEVELING TAILPIECE WITH LIFTING JACK WHEN JACK SLIPPED LATCHING HIS THUMB.

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