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Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 22, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER HIT EMPLOYEE IN BACK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEG

January 17, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOLTING TOP AND STRAINED NECK MUSCLES.

April 17, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS BOLTING TOP BOLT BENT & CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK

October 10, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TOP AND ROCK FELL AND HIT BACK BRUISED BACK ON L SIDE

July 2, 1990 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Paroki Enterprise Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRAMMING TO THE CUTTING MACHINE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER HE BACKED THE MACHINE UP CATCHING HIS ARM BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE RIB AND BRUISING IT.

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