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273,193
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March 14, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ole Way Mining Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

operator let jack down on his foot, roofbolter stab jack

August 16, 2005 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ole Way Mining Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a rock to clear the roadway felt back pop.

May 10, 2005 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ole Way Mining Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

unloading timbers mashed finger between two timbers. left index finger

May 5, 2005 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ole Way Mining Inc. · Struck by falling object

employee was working on a water pump being held up by a fork lift, pump fell stirking employee on right shoulder and right ankle

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