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273,193
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Years on record
2000–2026
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February 8, 2001 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crystal Fuels Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS JACKING THE MANTRIP ON TO THE TRACK. THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS PINKY FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND.

January 11, 2000 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crystal Fuels Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LOOSEN A FITTING.THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF AND HIT HIE LEFT WRIST. AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT HE EXPERIENCED NO DIFFICULTY BUT AS TIME PROGRESSED HE EXPERIENCED PROBLE MS. ACCORDING TO THE DOCTOR THIS ACCIDENT CAUSEDA CIST TO DEVELOP WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED AND WAS REMOVED ON NOV 22, 2000.

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