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February 23, 1994 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dorchester Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS INSTALLING LARGE PLAES AND CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN TOP AND PLATE.

March 22, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dorchester Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUSHING DRILL STEEL UP STEEL HUNG UP BENT SIDEWAYS CATCHING THUMB ON RIGHT HAND.

February 7, 1989 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Dorchester Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS AT ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS STARTING TO DRILL HOLE ROOF BIT BROKE OF A PIECE OF CARBON STRUCK INJURED IN EYE.

September 1, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dorchester Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRILL OPER LET 0LOOR JACK DOWN ON ROOF DRILL LEF G WAS UNDER HEAD AND CAUGHT LEG & BRUISED RIGHT LEG ABOVE KNEE.

April 24, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dorchester Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL OPERATOR 4AS GREASING MACHINE. HE HAD HIS CANOPY UP AGAINST TOP TO GREASE FITTINGS. HE LET CANOPY DOWN AND IT CAUGHT A PIECE OF DRAW STEEL WHICH HAD PULLED OUT OF DECK TRAY AND FLIPPED STEEL INTO THE 3AIR & STRIKING OPERATOR IN MOUTH HE WAS CUT ON LOWER LID AND LOOSENED FRONT TEETH

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