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November 1, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
C & T Development Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

INJ HAD HAIR ROOT TO BECOME INFLAMED APROX 2 INCHES BELOW KNEE CAP IND. PULLED HAIR INFECTION ENT. HOLE WHERE HAIR WAS.

November 1, 1988 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
C & T Development Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ HAD PAST HSTORY OF ASTHMA CONTACTED FLU CREATING SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND CHEST PAINS.

April 7, 1988 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & T Development Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNEE HIT ROOF PUSHING LEG DOWNWARD. ANKLE COULD NOT GIVE ON BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO EXTRA PARTS OF SHOE HITTING ANKLE. RESULTING IN ANKLE SPRAIN.

January 14, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
C & T Development Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF TOP 5PPROX.42IN.LONG 20IN.WIDE 6IN.TO1/4INTHICK FELL STRICKING BOLT MACHINE THEN INDIVIDUAL ALONG UPPER BACK INDIVIDUAL SUSTAIN UPPER BACK INJURY STRAINED MUSCLE PIECE OF TOP FALLIN G OVER JACK ARE5 OF BOLTER HITTING INDIVIDUAL BETWEEN JACKS

December 22, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & T Development Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SCOOP LOADING C2AL IN LOW TOP AREA. KNEE EXTENDING ABOVE TOP OF SCOOP STRIKING LOW TOP AREA. ROLL IN TOP LEFT KNEE SOFT TISSUE INJURY.

November 2, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & T Development Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INDIVIDUAL UNLO5DING ROOF BOLT PLATES: PLATE SCRATCHED MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND-INFECTION OCCURRED 2 DAYS LATER CAUSING BLOOD POISON.

September 2, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & T Development Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING MOTOR I3TO SCOOP BUCKET WITH A SLATE BAR CAUSING A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

April 21, 1986 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & T Development Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN RETURN AIRWAY, APPROX. 31/2 FT IN HEIGHT, 20FT LONG 18 FT WIDE. FALL WAS DISCOVERED WHILE MAKING RETURN INSPECTIONS. A LINEAR PASSES THROUGH THIS AREA TOP WAS SUPPORTED IN THIS AREA W3TH 4 FT RESIN ROD. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT HAS BEEN SET (CRIBS & HEADERS) FALL WAS APPROX. 850 FT OUTBY FACES.

January 16, 1986 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & T Development Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

LEAVING OF AREA3OVER WEEKEND WITHOUT PERM SUPPORT A SWAG IN INTERSECTION & POSSIBLE CRACKS DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT WOULD CONSIST OF PASSAGE OF PERSON THRU LAST DERVELOPING INTERSECTION NO 2 ENTRY 2 HOSES DAMAGED3ON MINER & 1 SHIELD DAMAGED ON MINER NO INJURIES TO PERSONS

August 7, 1985 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & T Development Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BELT & BELT ROLLERS, IT IS BELIEVED INDIVIDUAL, WAS USING BOSSES HAMMER TO CLEAN COAL FROM AROUND BELT ROLLER, A SPLICE HIT HAMMER CAUSING HAMMER HANDLE TO STRIKE FINGER MASHING FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND FRAME OF BELT, CUTTING LOWER PIECE FROM LOWER PART NEAR END OF FINGER.

August 24, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
C & T Development Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME RIDING MANTRIP OVER ROUGH ROAD.HURT LOWER BACK WHILE RIDING.

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