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Total incidents: 739,207
Of which fatal: 3,111
Years on record: 1983–2026
Classifications: 20

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September 24, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rolfe Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SETTING A ROOF JACK WHEN THE TOP SLIPPED OUT A CKICKED THE METAL JACK BACK HITTING HIS SHOULDER

August 29, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Rolfe Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PERFORMING WORK ON THE BOLTER AND WAS WORKING ON THE HEAD REPLACING THE LEVELING RODS, THE HEAD WAS BRACED UP AND THE BRACES SLIPPED LETTING THE HEAD FALL MASHING HIS FINGER AGAINST THE FRAME

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