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December 7, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Affinity Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

CLIMBING UP SID9 OF TRUCK WHEN FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND STRUCK METAL FRAME AOF TOOL BOX.

January 6, 1984 WV · Coal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Affinity Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL AND 2 OTHERS STANDING ON SIEVE SCREEN TO REPLACE PIECE OF PLATE IN BOTTOM OF FEED BOX.SCREEN SHIFTED CAUSING EMPL TO FALL CATCHING HAND BETWEEN SCREEN AND BOX.OFF ONLY 1 DAY TO GO TO DR.

August 2, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Affinity Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING CINDER BLOCKS AND STUMBLED HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND ON A CINDER BLOCK. THIS ACCDIENT RESULTED IN A HAIR LINE FRACTURE TO THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

July 14, 1983 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Affinity Mining Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

STANDING ON PLATFORM WORKING ON BELT HEAD AND AS HE STARTED TO GET DOWN LOST FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON OIL STATION STAND.

June 10, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Affinity Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON MUD NEXT TO THE RAMP ON NORTH ROCK GRADE TWISTING KNEE.FILED UNDER PROTEST SINCE IT WASNT REPORTED UNTIL 6-13-83 AND THIS AFTER A DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN AGAINST EMPL FOR UNSAFE A

April 21, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Affinity Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE UMWA SIDE OF THE BATHHOUSE HAD BEEN WASHED DOWN THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE WATER HAD RAN OUT ON THE SIDEWALK AND FROZE. AFTER KENNETH TOOK A SHOWER HE CAME OUT THE SIDE DOOR (WHICH IS SELDO M USED) AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

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