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273,095
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Years on record
2000–2026
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January 30, 2001 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Coal Processing Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS ON TOP OF A DRYER AND WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY OPEN THE GATE. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL OFF DRYER ABOUT 5 FEET AND LANDED ON HIS FEET. THIS CAUSED A JAR AND TWIST TO HIS BACK. REA SON ACCIDENT REPORT IS LATE, I COULDN'T GET HIM ON THE PHONE TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.

October 12, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Coal Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING MUFFLER ON D8 DOZER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER RESULTING IN CUT REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

January 26, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Coal Processing Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING FROZEN COAL FROM RAW COAL FEEDER IN SLID WITH SLATE BAR AND EE AND FELT PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN LOWER BACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 6-12-00.

January 3, 2000 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tug Valley Coal Processing Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE AND COWORKER WERE REMOVING A BROKEN SHEAR PIN FROM CC-4 CRUSHER USING A PORTA POWER PUSHING THE PIN AND A RATCHET AND SOCKET WITH A WELDED STUD PULLING THE FROZEN PIN. THE PIN BROKE FREE FOR ABOUT AN INCH AND EE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS HEAD INTO THE WEBBING OF THE CRUSHER CAUSING A CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD.

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