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September 13, 1988 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY

Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS USING A GRINDER TO REMOVE OLD WELD. GRINDER SLIPPED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND, CUTTING EMPLOYEE AND REQUIRING SEVEN STITCHES.

June 29, 1983 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY

Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSPECTING MINNING SET UP THE POWER HEAD STOPPED BUT THEN RESET FOREMAN HAND HAND ON FRAME WHERE ROLLERS MOVE TO RESET AS THE GRIPPERS WERE RESETING THEY CAUGHT HIS RT HAND AND BRUISED I T

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