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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 1, 1988 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Village Mining Group Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR ON THE SECOND LEVEL AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL WHICH WAS COVERING A HOLE IN THE FLOOR. THE METAL MOVED WHEN HE STEPPED ON IT AND HIS RIGHT LEG WENT DOW N THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE FLOOR, BRUISING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

January 10, 1984 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Village Mining Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING CHUTE GOING FROM BELTHEAD INTO AUGER AND SLIPPED AND FELL

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