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January 14, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carol Coal Corp · Struck by powered moving object

START TO PUT NEXT BOLT UP AND HELPER TRAM OVER HIS FOOT THE SEAM HEIGHT WAS LOW AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

February 22, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Carol Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINNER WENT TO MOVE TO NEXT BOLT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

October 27, 1990 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING PINNER TWISTED KNEE

May 22, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJ DRILLING ROOF TO INSTALL BOLT AND HORSEBACK FELL ON HIM.

November 6, 1989 VA · Coal belt cleaner, picker MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIS LEFT FOOT WAS STRETCHED OUT BESIDE OF MINER AND WHEN OPERATOR MOVED MINER JACK IT HIT HIS FOOT.

August 15, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE BURNED R HAND WHILE CUTTING RUSTY BOLTS OUT OF MINER

April 17, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ROOFBOLTING & WAS ADDING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL & GOT HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STEEL IT PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB & INDEX FINGER HE HAD 33 STITCHES

February 17, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT RIGHT FOREARM AND CUT IT. WENT TO DR AND HAD STITCHES AND RETURNED TO WORK.NO LOSS OF TIME.

March 11, 1986 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
Middle Creek Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS RUNNING 5 270 TRACTOR WITH A PUSH OUT CAR ON IT. THE CAR WAS HALF LOADED. HE WAS GOING TO THE TIAL PIECE & DROPPED DOWN IN A POT HOLE & HURT HIS BACK.

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