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February 25, 1998 VA · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS SANDING RAIL BY HAND AND THE RAIL RUNNER SLID BACKWARDS AND CAUGHT HIS BACK BETWEENTHE TOP AND THE MOTOR.

April 15, 1997 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SWITCHING HIS BUGGY SEAT, HE WAS SIGNALING THE MINER. H HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE BUGGY AND CUAGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN TOP AND BUGGY.

May 1, 1991 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Double M No 2 Mine Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER MISSED A GEAR AND LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK

August 8, 1984 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS GOING UP A STEEP HILL THE FRONT END OF THE CAR SLIDE SIDEWAYS CATCHING I.NAMES ARM BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE RIB

May 16, 1984 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M No 2 Mine Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS GOING TO THE DUMP WITH A LOAD OF COAL HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THROWING HIM AGAINST THE CANOPY AND THEN BACK INTO THE SEAK AFTER THIS HE HAD PAINS IN HIS BACK.

February 2, 1984 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS DRIVING THE LOADED CAR UP THE RUN WAY, HE HIT A HOLE AND BOUNCED OUT OF THE SEAT WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN, HE HIT THE EDGE OF THE SEAT

February 24, 1983 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M No 2 Mine Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR. NEFF WAS LOADING THE CAR. WHEN HE STARTED TO CHANGE SEATS HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE TRAM PEDAL - CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE CAR AND RIB.

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