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August 4, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dr & H Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING A RAM CAR HE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BUMPER OF THE TRACTOR AND THE CAR. WHILE BACKING THE RAM CAR AROUND A BREAK HE CAUGHT HIS HAND POSSIBLY BREAKING LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HANDS AND MASHING PART OF HIS HAND TO.

September 25, 1996 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dr & H Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE BACKED HIS RAM CAR AROUND THE CORNER OF A BREAK AND PARKED IT. HE JUST BARELY CLEARED THE CORNER AND CUT HIS HEADLIGHTS OFF. AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE RAM CAR, COWORKER TURNED THE CORNER AND HIT THE RAM CAR IN TO FRONT, CATCHING EE'S LEG BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND CAR.

November 23, 1992 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Dr & H Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I MOTIONED FOR THE RAM CAR MAN TO BACK UP NOT PAYING ATTENTION THAT MY RIGHT FOOT WAS NEXT TO THE RIGHT SIDE BACK CORNER OF THE CAR. THEREFORE BRUISING AND CUTTING MY RIGHT FOOT.

May 9, 1992 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dr & H Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING A LIL MAC THREE WHEELER THERE WAS TAILPIECE SETTING BESIDE THE ROAD & HE RAN INTO IT CAUSINTG HIM TO HIT HIS RIB CAGE ON THE STEERING WHEEL & CRACKING TWO RIBS HE SAID HE WASNT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HE WAS DOING

April 25, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dr & H Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPER RAM CAR HIT HOLE BOUNCED AGAINST CANOPY TWISTED NECK

May 17, 1991 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Dr & H Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

HAD HIS ARM LAYING OUTSIDE THE DECK WHILE OPERATING A S&S 270 TRACTOR WHILE TURNING A CURVE & CAUGHT HIS ELBOW BETWEEN THE TRACTOR & CAR

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