Mining Incidents

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3,112
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1983–2026
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March 1, 1984 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lower Clintwood Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT A HAULER WITH A LOADER. HE STOOD UP & THE LOADER MOVED HURTING HIS BACK. EE HAS LONG PAST HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS.

July 9, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lower Clintwood Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A DRIVE LINE IN A 988B LOADER WHEN THE DRIVE LINE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RT INDEX FINGER

April 25, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lower Clintwood Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS DRILLING A BOLT OF A DOZER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM THE CUTTING WENT INTO HIS RT EYE

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