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1983–2026
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January 11, 1995 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heartland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIENT'S MEN WERE WORKING ON PROPERTY. THERE WASA FIRE ON A COAL PILE AND THE SECURITY OFFICER PROCEEDED TO ASSIST, AND WHILE PREPARING WATER HOSE TO SPRAY WATER ON FIRE. SECURITY OFFICER TOSSED HOSE OVERHEAD TO NEXT LEVEL ON BANK, WHENDOING SO HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF AND HOSE FELL BACK HITTING OFFICER IN THE HEAD AND CUTTING 1/2" GASH IN THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

May 2, 1993 WV · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heartland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HITTING FEEDER CHUTE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO FREE UP FEEDER DISCHARGE CHUTE THE HANDLE OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER HE WAS USING KNICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH BREAKING A TOOTH CAP OF F.

April 29, 1993 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heartland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REAMING A GLAND OUT WITH A POCKET KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE PALM OF HIS HAND, REQUIRING SUTURES.

June 12, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heartland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE FLIPPING CAR PUSHER OVER,FINGERS WERE CAUGHT UNDER PUSHER AND PUSHER BLOCK.

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