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July 30, 2002 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LOADING BOLTS ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELTPAIN IN HIS BACK.

April 2, 2002 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE HANGING A MRS CABLE IN #6 ENTRY.

March 6, 2002 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN WHEN HE THREW A MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY. MISSED WORK ON 3-7 3-8 CAME BACK AND MISSED WORK ON 3-19 TO 4-8

November 2, 2000 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON A D6H PUTTING ON THE TRACK HAD CRANE HOOKED TO THE TRACK CHAIN SLIPPED ON TRACK & HITEE IN THE EYE & THE NOSE

September 11, 2000 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING MINER CABLE, HIS LEG GOT CAUGHT IN THE CABLE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

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