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September 28, 1987 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lambert & Arrington · Fall from machine

EMPL GETTING OF0 HAULER.WHEN HE STEPPED FROM LAST STEP ON LADDER TO GROUND FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM.

September 23, 1986 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert & Arrington · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING DOZER PARTS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 11, 1985 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lambert & Arrington · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHAIN HOIST TO PULL TRACK ONTO A D9G CAT DOZER.

August 27, 1985 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Lambert & Arrington · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING ON TRACK SEGMENT OF DOZER PUTTING BOLT IN THE SEGMENT WHEN THE DOZER MOVED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SEGMENT BOLT AND GUARD

August 17, 1984 VA · Coal OTHER
Lambert & Arrington · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BRUSH AND WAS BITTEN BY A COPPERHEAD.

November 16, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lambert & Arrington · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WELDING ALL DAY & RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO EYES.

November 15, 1983 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lambert & Arrington · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE REAR COUNTER WEIGHT UP THE REAR TIRE TO THE OPERATOR CAB AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE REAR TIRE

March 29, 1983 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert & Arrington · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A SUPPLY TRAILER DOOR AND LET THE DOOR SLIP STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT EYEBROW.

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