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1983–2026
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April 20, 1992 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mulberry Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING DECK OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN 3 WHEELER BEGAN TO ROLL AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT LEG.

December 9, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Mulberry Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOPING THE FACE AREA WHILE OTHERS WERE DUSTING.

October 7, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Star Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND CAME AROUND A CORNER AND HE DID NOT LOWER HIS HEAD ENOUGH AND RAN INTO A PIECE OF "BROW" OVERHANGING COAL (THE COAL DID NOT FALL) AND IT HIT THE TOP OF HIS DOWN AND BACK.

July 18, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Big Star Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING A BELT SPLICE AND WAS ON TOP OF THE BELT WHEN THE BELT CAME ON FOR NO APPARANT REASON AND DRUG HIM DOWN THE BELT BREAKING HIS LEFT LEG

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