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June 26, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mc Clair Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PICE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE OUT OF BETWEEN THE LAST ROOF BOLT AND THE SAFETY JACKS HITTING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

January 17, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Mc Clair Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING O N ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN FOOLR BOLTER STEEL TWISTING AND BREAKING L. LITTLE FINGER.

April 27, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Mc Clair Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS LIFTING SAFETY JACK OFF OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN IT SLIPPED HITTING HIM OVER LEFT EYE.

October 27, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mc Clair Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK3HIT HIS EYE, WE SERVICED THE PINNER, WHEN HE STARTED THE HEAD TO ROTATE A PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM IN THE EYE

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