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October 23, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS LOADING COAL WITH A SCOOP. HE SAID HE HIT THE FACE THROWING HIM INTO THE RIB AND A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED ON HIS BACK. HE ALSO SAID HE GOT HURT AT THE FEEDER. HE LOADED A FEW LOADS OF COAL AFTER HE SAID HE GOT HURT.

September 4, 1987 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE FEEDER ON S9CTION WAS GOBBED OFF. SECTION BOSS CUT CONVEYOR CHAIN OFF FOT INSIDE TO CLEAN COAL OUT. SCOOP CAME IN WITH BUCKET UP & CAUGHT HIM.

January 19, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Black Gold Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER OPR3PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF SCOOP OPR SCOOP RAN UP ON PINNER DECK MASHING ROOF BOLTER OPR UP AGAINST ROOF BOLTER DECK AND BROKE BOTH LEGS

May 21, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Gold Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING SCOOP3RAN OVER A ROCK THROWING INJURED AGAINST ROOF INJURING RIGHT EAR & RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.

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