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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 13, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS BOLTING TOP & DRAW ROCK FELL OUT & HIT ON BACK

August 25, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BOLTING TOP - BOLT BENT & PINCHED FINGER AGAINST CANOPY

August 17, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS BOLTING TOP & PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON DRILL POT & HIT HIS HAND.

June 19, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND LOWERED HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

March 17, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS BOLTING TOP AND PIECE OF ROCK FELLOUT BETWEEN ATRS AND CANOPY ROCK HIT HIS BACK AND FELL ON HIS FOOT

November 30, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BROW HANGING ON RIB PIN MAN WENT IN & ATTEMPTED TO PULL IT WITH BAR, IT WOULD NOT PULL. PIN MAN THEN STARTED BOLTING, WHEN HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO THE BROW, IT FELL & HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT LOW ER BACK.

August 14, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL STEEL WAS VIBRATING TRIED TO STOP IT. IT HIT HIS THUMB. BREAKING IT.

August 8, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MR BROWN WAS OPERATING PINNER WHEN A STRAP BOARD FELL AND HIT HIM IN BACK

July 14, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
K C & D Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS HITTING DRILL STEEL TO KEEP IT FROM STOPPING UP WHEN AN UNKNOWN OBJECT HIT HIM IN THE FACE

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