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April 12, 1988 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOP OPERATOR WHILE TRAMMING THROUGH A CHECK CURTAIN WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH BY A DATE BOARD (APIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT USED BY FOREMAN TO DATE UP WHILE EXAMING WORKING PLACES

September 8, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

INJURED WAS LEA5ING THE PREP PLANT AND STUMBLED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CATCH HIMSELF HE PUT HIS HAND INTO A BELT CONVEYOR DRIVE THE GUARD NORMALLY COVERING THE DRIVE HAD APPRANTLY BEEN THROWN OFF

January 1, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP CLIMBED UP 2NTO BED OF TRUCK . DUE TO WINTER WEATHER HE SAID HE LOST HIS FOOTHOLD AND SLIPPED AND FELL SPRIANING HIS ANKLE

December 16, 1986 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNSAFE ACT WHIL9 REPAIRING A FILTER PRESS PUTTING HAND INSIDE RUNNING EQUIPEMNT WHILE ATTEMPTING REPAIRS.

September 12, 1985 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME CAUGHT HIS HAND ON WIRE SHOVELING UNDER RAW COAL BELT

August 6, 1985 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

II NAME ACCIDENTLY CUT I NAME S RIGHT LEG WITH SAW. II NAME HAD ASKED I NAME TO HELP HIMN TO BREAK TREE, HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT I NAME HAD MOVED INTO POSITION TO HELP WITH TREE AND CUT I NAME LEG.

August 3, 1985 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOARDS TO REPAIR BRIDGE STRAINED HIS BACK THERE WAS NO LOST TIME UNITL 8-8-85.

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