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June 22, 1985 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OUTSIDE PERSON WAS HELPING ELECTRICIAN START SCOOP WHEN FOOT PEDAL HUNG UPON RELEASE DUE TO RUST BUILD UP ON CONTROL LEVER. THE SCOOP HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR A PERIOD OF SEX MONTHS

August 4, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING THE MINE ROOF IN #3 HEADING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SET A 4\ TENSION REBAR BOLT---THE BOLT WRENCH BROKE CAUSING A MASHING INJURY FROM BOOM OF THE BOLTER INJURY IS TO THREE SMALL FINGERS OF LEFT HAND

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