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1983–2026
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August 7, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Gum Branch Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

ROADWAY WASS MUDDY ROOFBOLTER GOT STUCK IN BREAK BOLTER WAS PUSHED BY 482 S&S SCOOP.

December 5, 1984 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ryder Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PULLING A 6X6 BEAM WITH END LOADER AND A 3 IN WATER LINE WAS COVERED WITH MUD AND BEAM CAUGHT ON WATER LINE SAID WATER LINE FLEW OUT AND CAUGHT THE INSIDE OF THE RIGHT KNEE

April 25, 1984 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ryder Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS RIDING OUT ON MANTRIP STIKING HIS HEAD ON A LOW CROSSBAR CANOPY AT LEFT APENING.

March 2, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper POWERED HAULAGE
B P & R Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

MAN PULLING SLACK UP IN THE PINNER CABLE & WAS HIT BY PASSING SCOOP.

September 26, 1983 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Ryder Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING END LOADER,TRAMMING DOWN HILL ENGINE QUIT EMPL DITCHED END LOADER TO STOP WAS THROWN AGAINST ...FRAME KNOCKING LEFT CHEEK.

April 15, 1983 VA · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
R & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

PERSON WAS HANGING A CHECK CURTAIN AND A TRACTOR AND CAR BACKED THRU CURTAIN RUN OVER FOOT AND LEG THE MAN COMPLAINED OF A HURTING IN FOOT

February 4, 1983 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Bridgett Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING RIBS IN FACE AREA. A ROCK 24" X 30" X 4" THICK CAUGHT EMPLOYEE ON THE KNEE WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. THE BLOW OF THE ROCK CAUSED EMPLOYEES HIP TO BECOME DISLOCATED

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