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November 25, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Strouth Coal Company-C V C · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOSE ON DOZER BURST CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO COME IN CONTACT WITH TURBO CHARGER WHICH CAUSED A SMALL FIRE I NAME WAS LEANING OUT OF DOZER DOOR TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE USING FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHEN DOOR FLEW BACK STRIKING I NAME ON HIS RT WRIST

August 1, 1989 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Strouth Coal Company-C V C · Fall from machine

EMPL CLIMBED UPON COAL LOADER TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO OPERATOR AND WHN DESCENDING THE LOADER HE MISSED THE LAST STEP AND SPRAINED HIS R ANKLE

November 17, 1988 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Strouth Coal Company-C V C · Fall from machine

MINER WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER WITH LUNCH BOX IN HAND. HE SLIPPED ON THE MIDDLE OF THREE STEPS CAUSING HIS FOOT TO STRIKE THE GROUND IN AN UNNATURAL POSITION INJURING HIS ANKLE. THE LADDER HAD B EEN BENT IN AND TO THE BACK SOME 3 OR 4 MONTHS PRIOR.

January 31, 1983 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Strouth Coal Company-C V C · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOOSENING BOLT ON 988B LOADER UNIVERSAL JOINT WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE ABOVE AND BELOW LEFT EYE

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