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1983–2026
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October 12, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Marson Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM OFFICE TO STOCKPILE AREA AT THE COAL MINE, HE COLLAPSED. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE ER AT ELKINS, WV, WHERE HE WAS HOSPITALIZED. TESTS SHOW THAT HE HAS A HEART CONDITION. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR THREE DAYS, RELEASED WITH A HEART MONITOR FOR OBSERVATION.

September 5, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Marson Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED MUSCLE.

September 21, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Marson Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN BRIDGE CARRIER AND PAN LINE.SPRAINED ANKLE.

August 15, 1984 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss OTHER
Marson Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

COAL DIRT WAS BLOWN IN EYE.

August 14, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Marson Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HIT A WOODEN WEDGE

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