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1983–2026
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April 28, 1989 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wellmore Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A UNILOADER CLEANING UP SLATE, WHEN THE LOADER BUCKET DROPPED TO THE GROUND UNDER A FULL LOAD, RAISING THE REAR WHEELS. THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO BRACE HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT, BUT SLIPPED AS HE RAISED THE BUCKET,CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE BUCKET. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURED RIGHT LEG.

August 17, 1983 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Patrick Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

OPERATING AN ENDLOADER A SCRAP OF METAL WAS BLOWN IN MY EYE

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