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1983–2026
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May 17, 1989 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CAR SLIPPED AGAINST LOWER RIB PINCHING HIS ARM AGAINST CANOPY POST AND THE RIB

November 10, 1988 PA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS WATCHING MINE TAKING A CUT OUT OF THE UPPER FENDER OF A STUMP WHE S CAR CAAME IN TO BE LOADED CAR RAN OVER A PIECE OF POST THAT HAD BEN SAWED SOFF END OF POST FLEW OUT FROM UNDER TIRE STRIKING EMPL IN THE HEAD

August 9, 1988 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPL RIDING IN GOLF CART COMING OUT OF MINE WHEN HE HIT HEAD ON ROOF HURTING HIS NECK.

February 1, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE RUNAWAY CAUSING A SUDDEN JOLT TO HIS BACK WHEN EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF SCOOP HE FELT PAIN IN LOVER BACK

December 10, 1986 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS OPERATI3G S CAR WHEN HE LOST THE BRAKES AND RAN INTO THE RIB HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE AND SHOULDER

January 29, 1986 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BA7KING MANTRIP, WHEN REAR WHEEL DROPPED IN A HOLE, & JAMMED RIGHT WRIST AGAINST ROOF.

June 5, 1984 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TRAMMING BOLTER AROUND THE CORNER TO BOLT ANOTHER PLACE, WHEN THE OFF-STANDARD S.CAR CAME AROUND THE CORNER STRIKING BOLTER, WHICH IN TURN STRUCK THE INJURED PERSON.

March 2, 1984 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED FROM MINE PORTA TO BATHOUSE, WHEN DOOR ON VAN CAME SHUT & CAUGHT HIS THUMB.

October 18, 1983 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkview Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ON T HE WAY INTO THE SECTION WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB & THE FRAME OF THE MANTRIP.

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