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April 29, 1988 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilmot Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME PICKING GOB FROM BELT AT TIPPLE LIFTED PE PIECE OF CLAY ABOUT 25 LB PAIN STARTED IN BACK AREA

March 23, 1988 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilmot Mining Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME MECHANIC HAD HEAVY PIECE OF METAL IN VISE WHILE REMOVING IT IT DROPPED ON MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND BREAKING BONEEND OF FINGER.

June 27, 1987 OH · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Wilmot Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

SLID ON WET PAV9MENT WENT OFF IN RIGHT DITCH AND ROLLED CJ7.

March 2, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilmot Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOR NO APPARENT3REASON,I.NAME SANK TO FLOOR IN EXTREME PAIN POTENTIAL MUSCLE SPASMS IN BACK.HE WAS PUTTING AIR IN FARM WAGON TIRE.NO EQUIP DAMAGE.

January 15, 1985 OH · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilmot Mining Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS GETTING DOWN FROM FUELING LOADER FOOT SLIPPED AND LACERATED LOWER RT LEG ON EDGE OF LOADER BUCKET

May 25, 1984 OH · Coal superintendent Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Wilmot Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS BACKING DOWN SHORT RAMP, DID NOT TURN LOADER. WHEEL CLIMBED BANK. LOADER ROLLED OVER CRUSHING VICTIM, CRUSHED CHEST.

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