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September 4, 1991 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & C Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANDLE SLIPPED FROM CABLE RATCHET STRIKING RIGHT THUMB, CAUISNG SIMPLE FACTURE OF RIGHT THUMB.

February 28, 1990 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES MOVING MACHINE CABLE OUT OF HAUL ROAD AND RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP HURTING HIS NECK.

February 7, 1990 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
K & C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPER TURNING BODY WHILE IN DECK OF SCOOP.SCOOP MOVED ONLY INCHES WEDGING KNEE AGAINST TOP OF MINE AND FOOT IN DECK OF SCOOP.

September 28, 1989 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
K & C Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS PULLING ROCK DOWN WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN A ROCK SLID DOWN THE BAR AND TWISTED HIS WRIST.

August 7, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
K & C Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

I.NAME CRAWLING BESIDE SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHEN IT GROUNDED OUT AND BURNT HIS LEG.

August 4, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
K & C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE STEPPED OUT OF MANTRIP BEFORE IT STOPPED AND HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SUPPORT POLE AND THE MANTRIP.

June 8, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & C Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE INJURED WAS PLASTERING A STOPPING WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT(LEFT KNEE) WITH FASWELL STOPPING BOND.INFECTION OF HIS LEFT KNEE RESULTED FROM RHIS CONTACT.

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