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May 17, 1999 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniels Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING A ROCK AND MASHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

January 30, 1999 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Daniels Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT RIGHT ARM BETWEEN TOP & EQUIPMENT

January 15, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
R J Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

4 WHEELER MAN TRIP RAN INTO RIB AND BRUISED NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

November 18, 1997 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
R J Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UP A CUT OF COAL, AS HE WAS SITTING THE MINER OVER FOR THE LAST RUN HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER & RIB.

July 9, 1997 WV · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF DOOR TO THE GUARD HOUSE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT UNTIL WE RECEIVED PAPERS FROM COMPENSATION.

November 5, 1996 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
R J Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING ILLNESS REPORTED TO OPERATOR AS RESULT OF ATTACHED AUDIOGRAM RECEIVED TO OPERATOR BY MAIL ON 11/22/96 TAKEN 11/5/96.

February 22, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
R J Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS REACHING TO GET A ROOF BOLT OFF OF HIS PINNER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK 11" WIDE, 14'LX3" THICK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK.

September 1, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eastern Pike Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS BOLTING TOP HE WAS JUST STARTING A HOLE AS HE WAS DOING THIS HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP OF THE POT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRILL & FELL HITTING I NAME SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND MA SHING THE END OF IT FROM THE BACK OF THE NAIL OUT TO THE END

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