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Of which fatal
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Years on record
1983–2026
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October 31, 1983 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF MICHIGAN ENDLOADER HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN LADDER AND HE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS BACK HEAD & SHOULDERS

September 13, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF THE FUEL TRUCK GETTING READY TO LOAD WHEN HE PULLED THE HOSE HIS FEET SLIPPED ON THE WET SURFACE OF THE TANK AS HE FELL HE HIT HIS CHEST AGAINST A PIPE ON THE LOADING RA

July 28, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS UNLOADING SHOP TRUCK WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED IN SOME OIL IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

July 25, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS CHANGING OXYGEN BOTTLE WHEN HE GOT THE FULL BOTTLE OUT OF THE RACK HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE PAD AND WHEN HE FELL THE OXYGEN BOTTLE CAME DOWN ON HIS HAND

April 20, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE STEPPED OUT OF THE FIARST AID BUILDING AT PIT #51, STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TUARNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

April 14, 1983 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE STEPPING OFF OF A LOADER & HE FELL INTO THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE.

January 21, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS TRUCK ONTO THE CATWALK AT THE SLATE BIN TO LOAD HIS TRUCK HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE CATWALK CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT LEG AND ANKLE

January 20, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE A GROUNDMAN FOR THE THIN SEAM MINER TSM 124 WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE THE TSM AFTER GREASING SUBSEQUENT TO SETTING A PUSH BEAM IN PLACE HE SLIPPED AT THE SIDE OF THE TSM AND HIS LEFT FOOT BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MAGNETIC SENSOR AND THE SENSORING BLOCKS CAUSING A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HEEL 27 STITCHES

January 14, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Appalachian Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM ENDLOADER BUCKET STRIKING HIS BACK AGAINST THE BOOM ARM HE CONTINUED WORKING AND DID NOT DISCOVER HE HAD CRACKED A RIB UNTIL 012783 WHEN HE AGAIN RETURNED TO THE THE DOCTOR DUE TO CONTINUED PAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE HE FIRST WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 011783 BUT THE FRACTURE WAS NOT DETECTED AT THAT TIME

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