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October 27, 1990 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING PINNER TWISTED KNEE

May 22, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJ DRILLING ROOF TO INSTALL BOLT AND HORSEBACK FELL ON HIM.

November 6, 1989 VA · Coal belt cleaner, picker MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIS LEFT FOOT WAS STRETCHED OUT BESIDE OF MINER AND WHEN OPERATOR MOVED MINER JACK IT HIT HIS FOOT.

August 15, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE BURNED R HAND WHILE CUTTING RUSTY BOLTS OUT OF MINER

April 17, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ROOFBOLTING & WAS ADDING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL & GOT HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STEEL IT PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB & INDEX FINGER HE HAD 33 STITCHES

May 23, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOLT MACHINE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE WITH BOLTER AND BRUISED HIS KNEE. HE HAD KNEE X-RAYED.

February 17, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT RIGHT FOREARM AND CUT IT. WENT TO DR AND HAD STITCHES AND RETURNED TO WORK.NO LOSS OF TIME.

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