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December 22, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY

Expansion Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I,NAME WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING AN AXLE ON A TRACTOR HE PLACED HIS LEFT KNEE ON A PIECE OF HOT SLAG, CAUSING A SMALL BURN. A WEEK LATER THE BURN BECAME INFECTED AND NEEDED MEDICAL TREATME NT. I,NAME DID NOT NOTIFY ANYONE OF THE ACCDIENT UNTIL THE 01-03-89.

October 1, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS RU3NING THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND MASHED HIS FINGER.

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