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May 28, 1987 VA · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CHIPPING CONCRE7E-SKIN IRRITATION FROM FRESH CONCRETE.

May 1, 1985 VA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT A 1 INCH HIGH PRESSURE HOSE IN HOOK ON THE BOOM OF THE LONGWALL JACK RETRIEVER WHILE TRYING TO GET THE HOSE OUT OF THE HOOK THE HOSE WHICH HAD TENSION ON IT SLID TH OUGH THE HOOK CUTTING INJURED S RT FINGER

August 25, 1984 VA · Coal pumper MACHINERY
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WS DRILLING ANCHOR HOLES IN SHAFT WALL T WITH HILTI DRILL. HE WAS HOLDING DRILL WITH RIGHT HAND & THE DRILL STEEL WITH HIS LEFT HAND. WHEN HE STARTED DRILL THE DRILL STEEL CAUGHT HIS GLOVE TWISTING HIS FINGERS AROUND THE DRILL STEEL.

February 14, 1984 VA · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING IN #1 LONGWALL PUMP STATION WHEN A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE BLEW APART AT A COUPLING AND STRECH INJURED ON THE RIGHT HAND.

January 4, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT SPLICE. HE PLACED HIS RIGTH HAND RODER. THE BELT TO SEE IT THE SPLICE WAS BEING MADE PROPERTY & GOT THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND CAUGHT IN THE SPLI CE MACHINE RESULTING A LACERATION TO T HE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER.

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