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1983–2026
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January 13, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Little David Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WHILE MOVING RO7K OFF 506 BRIDGE CARRIER OPERATOR DID NOT TWIN OFF BRIDGE CONVEYOR CONVEYOR CAUGTHT ROCK CUT OFF OPERATOR RT INDEX FINGER FIRST JOINT

February 17, 1984 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP WAS STUCK EMPL GOT ON IT WHEN IT CAME UNSTUCK IT HAD TURNED UP A ROCK WHEN SCOOP RUN OVER ROCK IT THROUGH ME INTO TOP.

June 4, 1983 VA · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE HAD A 950 ENDLOADER MOVING A SET OF 482 SCOOP BATTERIES BY WAY OF A CHAIN TO A BATTERY STAND LAWSON WAS IN BEHIND THE BATTERIES GRINDING THEM ON THE STAND WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND THE BAT TERIES PINNED LAWSONS LEGS HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS BROKEN ANKLE BONE WAS PUT OUT OF JOINT AND HE TORE 3 LIGAMENTS

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