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1983–2026
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January 9, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Beckley Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORK AT TOP FEED AT JAW CHEST WAS PRESSED AGAINST HANDRAIL

August 15, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Beckley Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAEARING ROCK FROM SIDE OF FEEDER MATERIAL ROLL IN ON FEET STRICKING ANKLE.

January 15, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beckley Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RING FINGER ON 9IGHT HAND WAS SMASHED ON THE END BY A ROCK HE WAS MOVING.

June 5, 1987 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beckley Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING ON CRUSHER DRIVE BELTS WHEN HIS FINGERS SLIPPED AND LODGED BETWEEN BELTS AND DRIVE WHEEL.

November 7, 1983 WV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raleigh Stone Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HITTING CHISEL WITH HAMMER. HAD A MISS AND CHISEL HIT PERSON IN HEAD. HAD SEVEN STITCHES IN HEAD.

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