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August 29, 1991 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLT IN NO. 2 ENTRY. IT WAS 55" WIDTH, 57" LONG AND 1' THICK AND FELL ON MINER OPERATOR'S ANKLE AND BRUISED IT BADLY.

July 9, 1990 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taner Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING BELT ON STRUCTURE AT THE 3 BELT HEAD

February 12, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WATCHING SOMEONE WELD FROM A DISTANCE BURNED EYES-WAS WEARING EYE SHIELD

January 25, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

GRINDING PIECE OF STEEL GRINDER JERKED STEEL KICKED BACK PIECE OF STEEL & KNOCKED FINGER INTO SOMETHING

December 21, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT LEFT ARM BETWEEN MINER BOOM & MBC, MBC HUNG UP & MINER PULLING. MIDDLE MBC SHOVED FRONT MBC WHILE VICTIM WAS HOOKING MINE BOOM TO MBC.

April 24, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS MOVING MINER AROUND THE BLOCK, MI8NER WENT OVER HUMP, THE DECK WENT UP AGAINST THE TOP MASHING ME DOWN IN THE DECK PULLING MUSCLES IN MY BACK.

May 6, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Taner Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FRONT BRIDGE PULL BACK MOBIL BRIDGE & CAUGHT MAN ANKLE BETWEEN LOW BELT & MAN MOBIL BRIDGE WHILE HE WAS RUNNING IT.

October 8, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS MOVING SECT3ON, HAD LOW LOW STRUCTURE CHAINED TO SCOOP. HE WAS TAKING CHAIN LOOSE FROM STRUCTURE AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET AND FRACTURED WRIST AND THE FIRST FINGER BESIDE THE THUM B ON RIGHT HAND1

June 26, 1986 WV · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRIDGE CHAIN FA6LED USING MINER SUMP ROPE TO BREAK CHAIN LOOSE ROPE CAME LOOSE STRICKING INJURED IN RIGHT FACE AREA.

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