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March 4, 1996 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lick Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING TAIL ROLLER ON STAKER BELT OUTSIDE AND HURT BACK.

September 16, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES OUT OF TRUCK & WHEN HE TURNED AROUND WITH A BOX OF BELT SPLICE & HURT HIS BACK

January 23, 1994 VA · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MR SHELTON WAS HELPING TO PUT A SHAFT IN THE HEAD AND HURT HIS BACK WHEN THEY LIFTED THE SHAFT BACK INTO THE MINER HEAD.

October 21, 1991 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ROCK GOT FOULED IN TAILPC LIFTING ROCK OUT WHEN STRAINED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER

February 15, 1991 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P A Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INSTALLING PUMP IN MINER HAD TO LIFT ;PUMP TO PUT IN MINER STRAINED BACK

September 13, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FIXING SCRAPER ON BELT MASHING FINGER

September 10, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PUTTING SCRAPER ON BELT DRIVE WHEN HURTING BACK.

July 19, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE CALLED MON 7/23 SAID HE HAD LIFTED GEAR BOX FOR MINER & PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

February 9, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

BENT DOWN ON ONE KNEE TO GREASE BELT DRIVE BEARINGS HIT HIS KNEE ON ANCHOR PIN

June 28, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SCOOP OPERATOR I.NAME SAID BACKING TO BATTERY STAND HE GOT OFF SCOOP TRY TO PULL STAND BACK AROUND BY HAND PULL SOMETHING IN HIS BACK HE WENT ON RAN THE SCOOP REST OF SHIFT HE REPORT ED AT TH E END OF SHIFT 1100PM THAT HE HURT HIS BACK OR HAD PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK

June 25, 1988 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED MAN STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING MUD ONTO THE #4 CONVEYOR BELT ON THE 001 SECTION, THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK WERE STRAINED.

October 3, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUPPOSEDLY STRA3NED HIS BACK GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE

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