Mining Incidents

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1983–2026
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November 30, 1983 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
S & M Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LACERATION & CRAKED UPPER JAW BONE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

October 19, 1983 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & M Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEARING BELT AND TURN AND HIT KNEE ON BELT RAIL.

October 14, 1983 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
S & M Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIDING IN MANTRIP CAR WENT UP OVER HUMP AND BACK OF CAR CAME UP AGAINST TOP CATCHING HIM IN BETWEEN

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