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739,207
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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 2, 1992 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
M A E - West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

6TH FLOOR. EMPLOYEE STATED A BROKEN V-BELT ON #4 RAW COAL SCREEN SHAFT WITH BOTH ENDS EXTENDED APPROX. 18" FROM SHAFT. BELT HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB AND THREE FINGERS.

August 26, 1991 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
M A E - West Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD LOADED TRUCK WITH REFUSE WEN TO DUMP LOAD HUNG IN BED TRUCK TURNED IN ITS SIDE.

November 8, 1990 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
M A E - West Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE TAKING A WATER SAMPLE. HIS PICK-UP TRUCK STARTED ROLLING. HE RAN TO CATCH IT. TRUCK SLAMMED INTO THE BANK. CAUSING LACERATION TO CHINE AND A BROKEN TEETH.

May 8, 1990 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
M A E - West Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TRAINNING #5 REF BELT HITTING ROLLER WITH ROOF BOLT BELT CAUGHT ROOF BOLT AND JERKED OUT OF HAND.

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