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January 5, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W & G Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL. WAS SERVICING A CAT 988B LOADER, STANDING ON SIDE OF LOADER HE SLIPPED & FELL ONTO GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM & BRUISING HIM UP.

July 9, 1985 WV · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & W Equipment Leasing Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS FILLING FUEL ON EQUIPMENT HAD NOZZEL TURNED TOWARDS HIS FACE & TURNED IT ON IT SPRAYED DIESEL FUEL IN HIS EYES

June 14, 1985 WV · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tamroy Mining Inc · Fall from machine

MAN PULLED TRUCK UPON TOP OF RAMP THAT LEADS TO DUMPING AREA THERE WAS A DOZER IN HIS WAY SO HE BACKED THE TRUCK UP HE PUT TRUCK IN FIRST GEAR AND THE BRAKES AND RETARDER FAILED TO WORK HE PUT IN REVERSE AND THIS DID NOT STOP TRUCK HE MJUMPED FROM THE TRUCK INJURING HIMSELF AND THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE HILL

June 7, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W & G Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING COVER ON D8L AND COVER SLIPPED OFF AND CUT ARM.

June 4, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
W & G Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

RUNNING AIR WRENCH SOCKET CAME LOOSE & STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.

April 22, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & W Equipment Leasing Inc · Struck by flying object

PUTTING STRAP AROUND FUEL TANK-STRAP FLEW LOOSE AND HIT I.NAME.

February 20, 1985 WV · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Tamroy Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

ANGLING BLADE ON KOMATSU DOZER AND METAL WENT INTO RT EYE

February 5, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & W Equipment Leasing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME AND II NAME WERE REPLACING AN O-RING IN BRAKES ON A 992-C LOADER. I NAME HAD CLIMBED INTOCAGE OF LOADER TO POUNDBRAKES-THUS RELIEVING PRESSURE IN LINES WHEN WHEN A FEDERAL MINE INSPECTO R APPEARS ON PROPERTY. HE THEN CLIMBS FROM LOADER TO GET HARD HAT. HE TOLD IINAME TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE LINE APART. PRESSURE WAS STILL IN LINES AND STRUCK II NAME IN FACE.

October 30, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tamroy Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING CUTTING EDGE FOR A CAT DOZER OFF OF TRUCK SLIPPED & PULLED SHOULDER.

October 8, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tamroy Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNOCKING PIN OUT OF CAP ON 992 BUCKET AND PIECE OF METAL WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT LEG.

September 27, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
G & W Equipment Leasing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAMMER HANDLE BROKE & HIT ON HEAD

September 20, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tamroy Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TEMOBING A SHOCK FROM A EQUIPMENT STRAINED SHOULDER.

June 4, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
G & W Equipment Leasing Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME MISJUDGED HAULRAOD WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DRIVING OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLING THE TRUCK

April 16, 1984 WV · Coal OTHER
Tamroy Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME. WAS A PROPERTY OWNER OF A PREVIOUS PERMIT THAT TAMROY HAD MINED AND HAD ALWAYS CUT FIREWOOD ON MINE PROPERTY. HE HAD A DOZER OPERATOR PUSH TWO CHERRY TREES DOWN AND PLACE THEM IN A N UNCONGESTED LOCATION. I.NAME. THEN PROCEEDED TO CUT APPROX. 12 LOGS OFF OF THE ROOT END OF TREES AND SAT DOWN TO REST ON TREES. SOMETHING CAUSED THE TREES TO SHIFT & I.NAME WAS FOUND IN A LI

February 2, 1984 WV · Coal drill helper EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
G & W Equipment Leasing Inc · Struck by flying object

BLASTING CAP EXPLODED IN HOLE WHILE MR SAFREED WAS CONNECTING SHOT WIRES THERE IS NO LOGICAL REWASON FOR THIS OCCURRENCE AS THERE WERE NO SOURCES OF ELECTRICITY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF ACCIDENT

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