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3,112
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1983–2026
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November 10, 1983 WA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old King Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AS EMPLOYEE REACHED ACROSS PICKING TABLE TO GRAB A HEAVY ROCK HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

November 1, 1983 WA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old King Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EMPLOYEE WAS SORTING REFUSE FROM COAL HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO ROCKS AS MATERIAL MOVED ON A CONMVEYOR BUILT, THE RESULT WAS A PINCHED THUMB WHICH CAUSED AN ABRASION TO HIS THUMB

June 6, 1983 WA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Old King Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

AS MATERIAL WAS MOVING ALONG A CONVEYOR BELT, A PIECE OF DEBRIS FLEW UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE LEFT EYE. THE RESULT WAS AN ABRASION TO THE LEFT EYE. THE ABRASION WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PERMANEN T IMPAIRMENT.

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