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May 5, 1992 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
E & A Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OUTSIDE TO GET LOAD OF SUPPLIES WHEN PIECE OF ROOF FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE.

December 26, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
E & A Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACKING OUT WITH RF BOLTER BUMPED TIMBER HIT HIM ON HAN ND

September 22, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL STOPPED BEHIND ROOFBOLTER TO WIPE FACE OFF.BOLTER OPERATOR UNABLE TO SEE EMPL MOVED MACHINE INJURING I.NAME LEFT FOOT WHEN IT GOT PINNED UNDER ROOFBOLTER.

March 28, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KEMPL R FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN WOODEN BRIDGE AND SCOOP

November 23, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ROOFBOLTER AND CAUGHT LEFT SHOULDER BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTER

March 23, 1984 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Low-Hol Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHARING BATTERIES ON SCOOP AND CUT HIS THUMB.CAUGHT UNDER BATTERY TRAY PINCHED END OF LEFT THUMB.

November 9, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cross Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JACK FELL THROUGH ARM OF MINER WHILE UNLOADING ARM FROM MINER PINCHING SHIN ON PINKEY FINGER OF LEFT HAND WHILE GETTING MINER READY TO CUT COAL. MINER WAS LOCATED ON SURFACE JUST DELIVERED FRO M MANUFACTURER

March 23, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cross Mountain Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLOSE WORKING CONDITIONS ON AR 4 ELKHORN SCOOP LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER POSSIBLY LACERATION

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