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July 23, 1990 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
John B Harris Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BESIDE THE MBC SHOVELING WHEN THE LEAD MAN GAVE THE WORD TO MOVE THE UNITS BACK. THE INBY UNIT MOVED BACK, PUSHING THE MBC OF THE INJURED MAN BACK, CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HIM IN THE VICINITY OF THE LEFT ANKLE. HIS UNIT WAS MOVED BACK APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES AS IT STRUCK HIM.

June 6, 1990 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
John B Harris Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIDING IN MANTRI WHEN REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. CAUSING LOUD BURST.

April 21, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
John B Harris Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS THE MANTRIP SLED WAS BEING PULLED UNDERGROUND IT EVIDENTLY HIT ROUGH MINE FLOOR AND MOVED SIDEWAYS WHILE MOVING AROUND A CORNER.THE INJURED REPORTED HE SLID OFF OF THE SEAT LANDING ON HIS P OSTERIOR AND LEFT FOREARM.THE INJURED REPORTED A PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP SHORTLY AFTERWARD.HE WAS TAKEN OUTSIDE AND TO A MEDICAL FACILTIY.

June 28, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
John B Harris Inc · Struck against a moving object

MISSED ROAD AND WENT OVER WALL

April 15, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
John B Harris Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BLOCKING CATS ON FEEDER BEING BADED INTO LOW BOY HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A WATER BLOCK AFTER TELLING THE OPERATOR IT WAS OK TO ABOVE THE FEEDER AS HE DID SO THE FEEDER WAS TRAMMED THE CAT MOVED A WOODEN BLOCK THAT STRUCK THE INJURED THUMB TEARING A SECTION OF SKIN AND TISSUE FROM THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT THUMB.

January 18, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
John B Harris Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS PUT7ING OIL IN S CAR,THE CAR DRIFTED FORWARD PINNING HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN THE OIL DRUM AND CAR AND LOWER RIGHT LEG.

April 14, 1984 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
John B Harris Inc · Struck against stationary object

I RAISED MY HEAD UP TO SEE WHERE I WAS RIDING THREE WHEELER AND MY HEAD OR HAT STRUCK A HALF HEADER STOVIING MY NECK

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