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May 5, 1992 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
E & A Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OUTSIDE TO GET LOAD OF SUPPLIES WHEN PIECE OF ROOF FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE.

December 26, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
E & A Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACKING OUT WITH RF BOLTER BUMPED TIMBER HIT HIM ON HAN ND

September 22, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL STOPPED BEHIND ROOFBOLTER TO WIPE FACE OFF.BOLTER OPERATOR UNABLE TO SEE EMPL MOVED MACHINE INJURING I.NAME LEFT FOOT WHEN IT GOT PINNED UNDER ROOFBOLTER.

March 28, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KEMPL R FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN WOODEN BRIDGE AND SCOOP

November 23, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ROOFBOLTER AND CAUGHT LEFT SHOULDER BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTER

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