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739,207
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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 9, 1987 WV · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Coal Corp Of America Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM 5 40 FT HIGHWALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE RT HIP FRACTURING HIS PELVIS AND RIB

April 14, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Coal Corp Of America Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GOING AROUND TH9 SIDE OF A STEP BANK AND GOT THE UPPER TRACK ON SOME BRUSH. WHICH BROKE THE GROUND PRESSURE BAYSEIZZY THE DOZER TO UPSET HE WAS THREW OUT OF THE DOZER AND THE TRACK LANDED ON H IS LEGS ON LEG 9EMOVED THE OTHER SEVERELY DAMAGED.

November 5, 1984 WV · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager MACHINERY
Coal Corp Of America Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

LAND WAS BEING CLEARED OF TREES A LOG WAS BEING PULLED BY A DOZER LOG ROLLED OVER & STRUCK EMPLOYEE WHICH FRACTURED THE LEFT ANKLE OF THE EMPLOYEE

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