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April 24, 1998 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator OTHER
Mullins Coal Company Inc Of Va · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CALLED 4/24/98 STATED THE FOLOWING: BACK HAD BEEN HURTING HIM A WEEK - THOUGHT MAYBE WORKING ON MINER COULED HAVE CAUSED IT - COULD NOT GIVE A DATE OR TIME. EE SAID EITHER MONDAY OR T UESDAY HIS BACK HAD STARTED HURTING THE NEXT DAY. HE WAITED A COUPLE OF DAYS TO SEE IF THE PAIN WOULD GO AWAY AND IT HAD NOT. WENT TO DR. ON 4/24/TO NCH & OCCUMED ON MONDAY.

July 27, 1995 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator OTHER
Mullins Coal Company Inc Of Va · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SITTING ON MINER, WAITING FOR POWER TO BE RESTORED. POWER WAS RESTORED. EE FELT A SHARP PAIN SHOOT THROUGH BACK. LAID ON THE GROUND UNTIL PAIN STOPPED. HE COULD NOT GET UP. ANOTHER EE T RIED TO HELP HIM UP, STILL COULDN'T GET UP. CARRIED HIM OUT ON STRETCHER, THEN TRANSPORTED BY RESCUE SQUAD. EE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT HIT OR BUMPED IN ANY WAY. JUST SHARP PAIN.

January 25, 1994 VA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman OTHER
Mullins Coal Company Inc Of Va · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT-EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEART ATTACK.

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