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October 24, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Andy Trent Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STARTED TO CHANGE PINNER STEEL & SMALL PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM ON LEFT KNEE BRUISING IT

January 14, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Andy Trent Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MAN PULLED DRAW3ROCK AND BEGING PINNING TOP. THE ROCK NEXT TO FACE WOULD NOT PULL. HE WAS GOING TO PUT PIN IN ROCK WHEN HE START THE FIRST SECTION OF STEEL ROCK BROKE AND MASHED THUMB ON LEFT HAND ON HEAD P3NNER.

July 15, 1987 VA · Coal coal dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Andy Trent Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EE WAS 9EMOVING LARGE ROCK FEOM SCOOP BUCKET WEIGHT OF ROCK SHIFTED & CAUGHT HIS FINGERS CUTTING INDEX & MIDDLE FINGER.

July 28, 1986 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Andy Trent Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE SENT WORD HE3WAS GOING TO DOCTOR ON MORNING OF 7-29-86. HE INFORMED OPERATOR THAT HE HAD STRAINED VERTEBRAE ON 8-4-86 & WAS HURT ON JOB CARRYING A BAG OF ROCKDUST.

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