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1983–2026
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February 5, 1997 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
New Allegheny Inc · Struck by falling object

CUTTING AN I BEAM FOR FEEDER HOPPER BEAM FELL HITTING HIM ON LEG.

September 26, 1996 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
New Allegheny Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS WELDING/CUTTING OVERHEAD ON THE FRAME OF A 400 KOMATSU HOE WHILE A FOREIGN OBJECT PASSEDBEYOND HIS SAFETY GLASSED PENETRATING INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

June 19, 1996 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
New Allegheny Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRAMMING THE DRILL HE DROVE OFF THE ROAD ROLLING DRILL OVER ON ITS SIDE.

October 31, 1995 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
New Allegheny Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WORKING ON THE DRILL SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FACE ON THE STEEL BAR AND CUT THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE.

August 26, 1994 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
New Allegheny Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS OPERATING A KOMATSU 400 NEXT TO THE HIGH WALL, THE HIGHWALL CAVED IN.

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