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March 25, 1985 VA · Coal scoop car operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Porter Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING IN MINE LOOKING FOR NAILS WHEN HE STARTED HURTING IN THE GROIN AREA.

February 21, 1983 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Porter Coal Company · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEDN HAVING HIS LEFT KNEE TO HURT FOR THE PAST MONTH. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON TUESDAY (2-15-83) AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A TORN CARTILEDGE WHICH WAS DUE TO CRAWLING AROUND UNDERGROUND DOING HIS JOB. THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE OPERATED ON 3-4-83 TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM.

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