Mining Incidents

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1983–2026
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April 7, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Freedom Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE AS DRAGGING A WATER HOSE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS KNEE

March 9, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
West Freedom Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

TOM CAMPBELL WAS RUNNING THE DOZER(D-9) HE WENT FROM THE SOFT SPOIL TO THE HARD SPOIL-HIT A ROCK AND IT JARRED HIM.

January 13, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
West Freedom Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RUNNING THE HD41 DOZER A LIMB FROM A TREE HIT THE WINDOW IN THE DOOR OF THE DOZER AND GLASS SHATTERED AND PIECE WENT INTO HIS EYE

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