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1983–2026
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October 28, 1983 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pine Tree Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

UNLOADING CUTTING TORCH TANKS ON SURFACE WHEN FEET SLIPPED IN MUD CAUSING VICTIM TO FALL WHILE SCARRYING AN OXYGEN TANK AND TWISTING HIS BACK. VICTIM HAS TROUBLE WALKING AND STANDING ERECT

October 13, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Tree Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PLASTERING PERMANENT STOPPINGS WITH TROWEL GRADE STOPPITT(T.M.) WHEN PLASTERING AGENT ENTERED RIGHT EYE.

March 23, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pine Tree Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED MAN WAS SETTING THE PINNER OVER TO DRILL THE NEXT HOLE. HE HAD HISHAND ON THE PINNER BOOM FRAME. WHEN HE STARTED TO TRAM THE LEVELING RODS SHIFTED CATCHING HIS THIRD AND FOURTH FIN GERS OF HIS LEFT HAND.

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