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3,111
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1983–2026
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January 20, 1995 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler ELECTRICAL
Andes Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

HANGING A DC CABLE & IT BLEW UP.

December 31, 1994 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Andes Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WALKING HE JJAMMMED HIS HEAD INTO THE TOP.

December 29, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Andes Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOPE FILED LEG AGAINST BATTERY.

November 14, 1994 WV · Coal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Andes Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSONNEL CARRIER WAS HUNG ON ROCK. TOOK BAR AND TRIED TO GET CARRIER OFF ROCK.

November 4, 1994 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Andes Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WAS MAKING FIRE BOXX RUN FOUND FALL IN #2 ROOM AT LAST XCUT. ROOF WAS LAMINATED. HAD SMALL COAL SEAM IN ROOF. TEST HOLES WERE BEING DRILLED COAL DID NOT SHOW UP IN DUST BOX.

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