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1983–2026
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February 5, 1994 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double R Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS GETTING CABLE OFF BUGGY HE HAD TORE DOWN MINER CABLE & THE BUGGY START ED ROLLING OFF & HE TRIED TO GET ON THE BUGGY & STOP IT & IT CAUGHT AGAINST THE RIB

January 15, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Double R Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ICE HAD FROZEN IN DRIFT MOUTH GOT SCOOP HUNG UP BORING BUCKET TO RAISE SCOOP UP TO BLCOK UNDER WHEELS. WHEN LEFT SCOOP TO WAL SWIVEL BUCKET CATCHING HIS FOOT AGAINST BUCKET AND RIB.

September 27, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Lick Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET AND HE STARTED TO SLIDE AND HE GRABBED END OF SCOOP BUCKET AS THE SCOOP HIT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM CATCHING HIS FINGER RINDER SCOOP BLADE.

September 9, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper POWERED HAULAGE
P A Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

TRYING TO GET RAN CAR TO RUN HOT OIL CAME OUT OF HOSE IN RAM CAR BURNED ARM & CHEST

February 9, 1989 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Double R Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING DIRECION AFTER LOADING BUGGY DRIFTED AND FRAME OF BUGGY GOT ON HIS FOOT BRUING IT.

March 1, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double R Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING UNITRAC MACHINE CLEANING UP COAL MINE WHEN WHEEL FROM SCOOP FLIPPED COAL DUST IN HIS RT. EYE.

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