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1983–2026
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January 28, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
New Horizons Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS IN #3 HEADING CUTTING #3 LEFT BREAK. HE WAS BACKING THE MINER UP WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL & AS HE CAME BY THE MINER CABLE HE STEPPED ON MINER CABLE CAUSING HIM TO SHIFT H IS WEIGHT & HE INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE. [TWISTED]

September 14, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Four-B Inc · Fall from machine

I WAS USING 950 CAT END LOADER ON HAUL ROAD. BRAKES FAILED ON STEEP GRADE. LOST CONTROL OF MACHINE. JUMPED OUT OF LOADER, INJURED ANKLE.

January 27, 1988 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ralph Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

IJURED WAS TRAM4ING 488 S&S SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER RCK ON HALLWAY CAUSING SCOOP TO BOUNCE AND THREW HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.

November 30, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ralph Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A TIMBER WAS DI8LODGED BY AN S AND S SCOOP WHILE CLEANING UP AN INTERSECTION.THE DISLODGED TIMBER FELL OVER AND HIT THE HELPER ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD,HIS HARD HAT WAS CRACKED BY THE IMPACT.

July 18, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ralph Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVED INBETWEEN3?????? AND AR-75 ELKHORN OPERATOR ACCIDENTLY BACKED OVER FOOT.

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