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3,112
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1983–2026
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February 12, 1993 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

MINER BOOM HIT MINE TOP CAUSING A PIECE OF ROCK TO FLY BACK & HIT SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR ON ARM.

January 25, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP HAULING ROCK & STATED HE RAN INTO A HOLE & JARRED HIS BACK

February 19, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PULL OUT A STOCK SHUTTLE CAR WITH A CHAIN ATTACHED TO ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR THE CHAIN HOOK BROKE & THE CHAIN HIT THE OPERA TOR IN THE FACE

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