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Years on record
1983–2026
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January 7, 2003 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator MACHINERY
Minchar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HANGING VENTILATION CURTAIN, HIS FOOT WAS STICKING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH CURTAIN, PINNER RAN OVER RIGHT FOOT CAUSING CONTUSION.

February 14, 2000 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Minchar Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES HE WAS ON MINER AND WAS JOLTED. (I DID NOT HEAR OF INJURY UNTIL 3-8-2000).

January 26, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PUTTING UP ROOFBOLTS AND STRAINED BACK.

August 27, 1999 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Minchar Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL CAME OUT AND HIT HIM ON THE LIP AND HAND.

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