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May 10, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Michael Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HELPING ON CUTTING MACHINE HAD RT ARM EXTENDED ON TOP OF CUTTER ROCK FELL FROM TOP NEAR RIB STRIKING RT WRIST BREAKING WRIST AND BRUISING BACK

April 25, 1985 VA · Coal MACHINERY
Michael Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR WAS MOVING FROM ONE HEADING TO ANOTHER WHEN MACHINE WHEEL FELL INTO A HOLE IN BOTTOM CAUSING MACHINE TO SHITFT CATCHING RIGHT FOOT UNDER HEAD OF MACHINE BRUISING RIGHT FO OT.

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