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December 28, 1987 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Chris Ellen Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOTOR OPERATION3MOVED MOTOR BEFORE SAFTY CHAIN WAS PROPERLY HOOKED. AND BRUISED THIRD FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

September 16, 1987 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Coalbarb Energy Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DROPPING RA3L CAR WHEN PRESSURE WAS RELEASED BRAKE WHEEL TURNED QUICKLY CATCHING BOTH HANDS IN WHEEL HURTING BOTH HANDS AND SHOULDER (RT)

June 11, 1986 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Whitley Fork Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHUTTLE CAR OPE9ATOR WAS FINISHING LOADING, WHEN HE TURNED AROUND IN THE SEAT, THE SHUTTLE CAR BEGIN TO ROLL BACKWARDS, CATCHING HIS KNEE BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE COAL RIB. ROADING GRAD E WAS ABOUT 5%.3

February 24, 1986 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Chris Ellen Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

FORMAN RAISED U1 IN MANTRIP BUMPING HIS HEAD ON ROOF BOARD AND SPRAINED NECK

September 19, 1984 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Coalbarb Energy Corp · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE THE CAR DROPPER WAS CONNECTING 2 CARS UP, THE CARS ABOVE HIM GOT LOOSE AND KNOCKED ONE CAR OVER THE MAN.

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