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September 27, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Little David Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTING TOP ROCK FELL & CUT LEFT ANKLE

July 20, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little David Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPAIRING3RIPPER CHAIN ON MINER PIECE OF HAMMER BROKE OFF HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT EYE.

June 18, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Little David Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL BETWE9N FACE & ROW OF BOLTS WHILE PINNER MAN WAS MARKING OFF NEXT BOLT. HIT HIM ON BACK & SHOULDER.

January 13, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Little David Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WHILE MOVING RO7K OFF 506 BRIDGE CARRIER OPERATOR DID NOT TWIN OFF BRIDGE CONVEYOR CONVEYOR CAUGTHT ROCK CUT OFF OPERATOR RT INDEX FINGER FIRST JOINT

November 23, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Little David Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

SMALL ROCK CAUG2T TRAM LEVER ON BOLTER MACHINE CAUSING MACHINE TO H IT PINNER MAN

June 19, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Little David Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A ROCK FELL BET4EEN SADETY JACK HIT I NAME ON RT HAND WHILE HE WAS MOVING SAFETY JACKS AFTER BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED

March 1, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Little David Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE MOVING ROOF 6OLTER ACCIDENTLY RAISED PINNER HEAD & TRAPPED RT AHND BETWEEN ROOF & BOLTER HEAD. RESULTING IN BROKEN HAND

October 8, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Little David Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE USED TO MUCH DOWN PRESSURE ON PINNER BOOM THROWING PINNER INTO ROOF WEDGING HAND BETWEEN ROOF AND BOOM LEVER

February 17, 1984 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP WAS STUCK EMPL GOT ON IT WHEN IT CAME UNSTUCK IT HAD TURNED UP A ROCK WHEN SCOOP RUN OVER ROCK IT THROUGH ME INTO TOP.

August 2, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING BELT STRUCTURE LOST FOOTING INJURING SHOULDER

July 14, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HIT IN MOUTH WITH ROOF BOLT WHILE INSTALLING THE BOLT WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED

June 4, 1983 VA · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE HAD A 950 ENDLOADER MOVING A SET OF 482 SCOOP BATTERIES BY WAY OF A CHAIN TO A BATTERY STAND LAWSON WAS IN BEHIND THE BATTERIES GRINDING THEM ON THE STAND WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND THE BAT TERIES PINNED LAWSONS LEGS HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS BROKEN ANKLE BONE WAS PUT OUT OF JOINT AND HE TORE 3 LIGAMENTS

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