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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 31, 1989 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Milton Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS BACKING UP ON A PERSONAL CARRIER AND TURNED INTO SCOOP BUCKET AND CAUGHT L LEG BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKE TAND PERSONAL CARRIER THEREFORE BRUISING CALF OF LEG

June 12, 1986 OH · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Milton Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 OPERATING A MOBILE BRIDGE UNIT ON A CONTINOUS HAULAGE SYSTEM HE STEPPED OUT TO CHECK THE CABLE AND DIDNT COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE INBY MB OPERTOR THE INBY BRIDGE OPERATOR BACK ED UP AND THIS 7AUSED THE #2 BRIDGE TO SLIDE OVER ON THE OPERATORS FOOT RESULTING IN A SIMPLE FRACTURE OF THE MIDDLE BONE ON THE OPERATORS FOOT

May 3, 1986 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Milton Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAMMING3MANTRIP IN LOW ROOF AREA & MANTRIP RAN UPON SOME GOB & THE EE BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN ROOF & MANTRIP.

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