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April 3, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RAN SHUTTLE CAR3INTO THE RIB PINNING RIGHT ARM AND CHEST AGAINST THE RIB.

March 19, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ WALKING THR2UGH BREAK OUTBY FACE,LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND SC CABLE.

December 3, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

1/2 IN CHAIN HO5DING BELT TAILPIECE BROKE FOOT CAUGHT UNDER TAILPIECE

April 18, 1984 WV · Coal dispatcher POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO ALOCOMOTIVE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY MINE CAR ON THE FRONT END RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEE BUMPING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON RADIO DECK. THE EMPLOYEE HAD 7 STITCHES PU STITCHES PUT IN HIS KNEE FRON THE LACERATION.

February 16, 1984 WV · Coal boom operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

AS THE PORTA BUS WAS LEAVING THE SESCTION FOLLOWING THE MANTRIP TO THE SURFACE A LOAD OF EMPTIES ONE OF WHICH ROLLED OUT ON THE MAINLINE THE BUS THAT THE EMP WAS RIDING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE STOPPED MINE CAR RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE WHEEL TO PARKING BRAKE

May 9, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING BELT BACK TO SECTION WHEN HE BEGAN TO STEP OFF THE BELT HE LET HIS LEFT ANKLE GET CAUGHT IN THE TAILPIECE

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