EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING BELT ENTRY WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN BACK OF THE NECK AREA BY A SECTION OF MINE ROOF FELL DOWN BETWEEN PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT.
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June 3, 1989
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clear Creek Fuel Corp · Struck by falling object
April 11, 1989
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clear Creek Fuel Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SOME DRAW SLATE FROM LEE NORSE MINER WHEN THE PEICE OF SLATE SLIPPED LODGING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND AGINST THE MINER CAUSING LACERATION AND CRUSHING INJURY T O FINGER.
Clear Creek Fuel Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CONTINOUS MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
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