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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 14, 1983 AL · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Dime Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN SWINGING THE RACK ON THE BE DRILL 40R THE RACK SWUNG OUT AND PINNED HIS RIGHT LEG

July 16, 1983 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Kinlock Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GREASE & DIRT INADVERTENTLY GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.

March 27, 1983 AL · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Dime Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR OF RRT50 ROBBINS DRILL SLAMMED ON LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER 3 STITCHES REQUIRED ALSO BONE BROKEN ON TIP OF FINGER

March 22, 1983 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Oak Grove Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WAS BACKING UP HIS DOZER. HE RAN OVER A SMALL WINDROW OF DIRT & AS THE REAR OF THE DOZER CAME DOWN IT JARRED HIS RIGHT ARM REINJURING ELBOW.

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