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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 3, 1983 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Slab Fork Coal Company · Struck by flying object

A SERVICE CO (APPALACHIAN TIRE CO) HAD REPAIRED TWO TIRES FOR SLAB FORK COAL CO THEY WERE PICKED UP BY THE COMPANY UPON ARRIVING BACK AT PLANT INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING TIRES FROM PICKUP TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIRE ON GROUND IT DROPPED ABOUT A FOOT TO THE GROUND AND EXPLODED ON IMPACT RIM STRUCK EMPLOYEE ACROSS BOTH LEGS KNOCKING HIM ABOUT 6FT

February 10, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Slab Fork Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS LIFTING A PARTIALLY LOADED MINE CAR CONTAINING ROCK IN AN EFFORT TO RURN IT OVER ANDEMPTY THE CAR. HE REALIZED THE LOAD WAS TOO GREAT AFTER RAISING IT OFF THE GROUND. HE THEN ATTEM PTED TO SET IT BACK ON THE GROUND. WHEN HE RELAEASED IT A BOUNCING ACTION RESULTED IN THE FRONT END LOADER HE WAS USING. HE STRUCK HIS BACK AGAINST THE TOP OF THE OPERATOR\S SEAT.

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