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March 14, 1994 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED KNEE.

February 3, 1994 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPED LIFT TAILGATE ON TRUCK, TWISTED BACK.

October 23, 1992 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWIST LEG AND PULL A MUSCLE.

March 4, 1992 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

METAL LINE SLIPPED OFF & HIT RIGHT HAND RING FINGER BRUISED FINGER NAIL TO FRACTURE END OF FINGER.

February 10, 1992 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

BROUGHT LOADED TRUCKS OFF STEEP HILL IN TO HIGH OF GEAR RAN AWAY WITH HIM.

December 9, 1991 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNED ARM AND NECK FROM RADATOR ON TRUCK

October 14, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A OXYGEN BOTTLE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

June 27, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shenandoah Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS GETTING OFF SHUTTLE CAR & GOT H IS FOOT HUNG IN PEDAL & T WISTED HIS FOOT

June 20, 1988 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BATTERIES WHEN BATTERIES ARCED CAUSED THEM TO EXPLODE INJURING LEFT EYE

May 31, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shenandoah Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING A HYD HSE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT A PLACE ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.

April 29, 1988 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Shenandoah Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPL WAS CHECKING OUT TRIP UNITS ON UNDERGROUND POWER BOX OUTSIDE BEFORE WE WERE TO TAKE IT UNDERGROUND. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WIRE ROPE & IT FLIPPED UP INTO CATHEAD & GROUNDED IT FROM PH ASE TO PHASE & BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND. HE CAME BACK & WORKED THREE SHIFTS AFTER HIS ACCIDENT.

July 10, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Double A Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CHANGED REAR EN8 IN TRUCK AND FELL ON RIGHT ARM.TRUCK DRIVER SELF EMPL.

February 13, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Double A Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BEATING ROCK WI7H HAMMER

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