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April 22, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sandy Lane Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTINS UP BOLT8 & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN HAAD OF PINNER & LINDING ARMS ON PINNER.

April 10, 1986 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Sandy Lane Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT KNEES AG5INST TOP LOW CLEANING SECTION WITH SCOOP

April 2, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sandy Lane Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINNER STEL BRO5E AND HIT HIM ALONG THE EYE

March 13, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sandy Lane Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK CAME OUT B9TWEEN BOLTS BRUSED HIS BACK.

January 13, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Sandy Lane Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED FOOT 3

December 2, 1985 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sandy Lane Inc · Struck by falling object

SCALING DRAW RO7K WHEN THE ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND INJURED RT ARM AND RT SIDE

December 1, 1985 VA · Coal scoop car operator OTHER
Sandy Lane Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

UNKNOWN 3

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