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April 9, 1999 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
J Cress Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

CUTTING ROCK AND MINER ROCKED AND DROPPED DOWN, HURTING HIS BACK.

March 31, 1999 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
J Cress Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRAMMING CONTINUOUS MINER DOWN LONG JOHN BRIDGES PULL MINER AGAINST RIB TOWARD OPERATOR OF MINER, PINING HIM BETWEEN RIB AND MACHINE.

September 11, 1998 VA · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Fleetwood Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING BOLTMACHINE CABLE OVER TO THE RIB WHEN THE OPERATOR TURNED THE CABLE REEL ON STRIKING HIM AND PINNING HIM ON THE COAL RIB. COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING.

November 15, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sometime Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON HIS KNEES IN LOW COAL.

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