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1983–2026
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February 12, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WATCHING SOMEONE WELD FROM A DISTANCE BURNED EYES-WAS WEARING EYE SHIELD

January 25, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

GRINDING PIECE OF STEEL GRINDER JERKED STEEL KICKED BACK PIECE OF STEEL & KNOCKED FINGER INTO SOMETHING

December 21, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT LEFT ARM BETWEEN MINER BOOM & MBC, MBC HUNG UP & MINER PULLING. MIDDLE MBC SHOVED FRONT MBC WHILE VICTIM WAS HOOKING MINE BOOM TO MBC.

April 24, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS MOVING MINER AROUND THE BLOCK, MI8NER WENT OVER HUMP, THE DECK WENT UP AGAINST THE TOP MASHING ME DOWN IN THE DECK PULLING MUSCLES IN MY BACK.

June 26, 1986 WV · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRIDGE CHAIN FA6LED USING MINER SUMP ROPE TO BREAK CHAIN LOOSE ROPE CAME LOOSE STRICKING INJURED IN RIGHT FACE AREA.

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