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June 21, 1991 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
C & S Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING PLACES WITH MINER. HE WAS MOVING CABLE & CABLE CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEG AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. (CABLE WAS CAUGHT UNDER MINER).

April 30, 1991 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
C & S Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PINNING TOP AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL.

February 4, 1986 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
C & S Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DO NOT KNOW IF 5NY CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTED TO ACCIDENT WAS NOT INFORMED OF ANY ACCIDENT ON THIS DATE. I NAME IS THE ONLY CAVE THAT SAYS INJURY OCCURRED HE REPORTED TO CARE ON 2-9-86 OF SAID INJ URY OF 2-4-86. 3

May 27, 1985 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
C & S Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING A CUT MACHINE PULLING A ROPE OFF, A PIECE OF SOMETHING CAME OFF, WENT INTO HIS EYE

May 14, 1985 VA · Coal MACHINERY
C & S Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

RUNNING CUTTING MACHINE AND HIT A BUMP AND BUMPED HIM AGAINST THE TOP

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