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November 7, 1995 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shady Lane Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS RIDING PERSONNEL BUGGY TO OUTSIDE AT END OF SHIFT. TO KEEP FROM GETTING WET WHILE GOING THRU A WATER HOLE HE GOT ON TOP OF BUGGY. WHEN COMING OUT OF THE WATER WHERE THE TOP IS LOWER VICTIM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BUGGY AND TOP.

October 4, 1993 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shady Lane Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS OPERATING 21 SC SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH BOTTOM. THE SHUTTLE CAR BOTTOMED OUT JARRING THE VICTIMS BACK.

February 28, 1992 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shady Lane Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPER TRACTOR HIT BOTTOM HE BOUNCED BACK PROBLEMS

December 13, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Shady Lane Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS RIDING A PERSONEL BUGGY THRU A FLY AND GOT A PIECE OF COAL IN HIS EYE. HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON 12-14-91 TO HAVE THE PIECE OF COAL REMOVED, SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.

October 19, 1990 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
T G O Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM SAID HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP IN LOW TOP AND KNEE WAS KNOCKED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE DECK OF THE SCOOP.

July 10, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shady Lane Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM PARKED H3S SCOOP IN A CROSSCUT WITH THE DIPPER PROTRUDING INTO THE HEADING. WHILE VICTIM WAS REHANGING A CABLE THAT HAD BEEN TORN DOWN ANOTHER SCOOP STRUCT THE DIPPER OF THE VICTIMS SC OOP WHICH HIT T2E VICTIM KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE RIB.

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