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March 6, 1991 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CHANGING OUT TRAM MOTOR ON 21SC SHUTTLE CAR THE MOTOR SLIPPED CUTTING THE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER OFF ON HIS LEFT HAND

January 22, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS TRAVELING IN #2 ENTRY WITH SCOOP AND RAN OVER A 4" LIMESTONE BLOCK WHICH HAD BEEN DROPPED IN ROADWAY. HE BOUNCED UP AND WHEN HE CAME DOWN, HE HIT HIS SIDE ON HIS SELF RESCUER WHICH WAS ON HIS BELT AND BRUISED HIS SIDE.

October 31, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING WATER LINE REACHE UNDER SCOOP BUCKET TO PULL IT THE OPER LET BUCKET FALL ON RING FINGER OF R HAND

August 22, 1990 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WATCHING CABLE ON SHUTTLE CAR WHILE IT WAS PUSHING SIDE OF OPERATOR AND THE SHUTTLE CAR PINNED HIM TO THE RIB OF THE FACE COAL BROKEN ANKLE AND BROKEN PELVIS ACCORDING TO THE INJURED MA N S TESTIMONY.

August 15, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS WORKING AT POWER CENTER & POWER WENT PHASE TO PHASE & BLEW UP. EMPL USED FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT FIRE & INHALED SOME SMOKE WHILE DOING THIS. JUST MADE MAN SICK FROM BREATHING SMO KE.

August 13, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER BOLT MACHINE, ALL AT ONCE HIS BACK BEGAN TO PAIN, HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING UNUSUAL TO CAUSE AN INJURY, IT KEPT ON HURTING AND HE CAME OUT OF MINES AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR.

August 9, 1990 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS WORKING ON $5 TAIL PC MOTOR STARTED MOVING HE GRABBED FOR THE HAND BRAKE HIT HIS HAND AGAINST CAR WHILE DOING THIS HE GOT HIS RT KNEE FOWLED IN THE TIMBER OR WATER LINE & TWISTED HI S LEG FX OF 1ST METACARPAL ON RT HAND & MENTSCUSOF RT KNEE

March 19, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS USING PIN TO GUIDE ANGEL DRIVE ON MINER WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED PIN SLIPPED STRIKNG MAN ON LEFT JAW. JAW WAS BROKEN FROM BLOW THAT WAS RECEIVED ON SIDE OF FACE RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN WITH WHICH MAN WAS HOLDING BAR.

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