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3,111
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1983–2026
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January 28, 1991 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cavalier Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND RAN INOT A HOLE. THIS THREW HIM UP. HE CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS RIGHT SIDE ON THE CONTROLS.

November 27, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cavalier Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

SHUTTLE CAR STUCK ON FEEDER,HOOKED A CHAIN TO IT ,THE CHAIN PULLED LOOSE AND THE HOOK FLEW BACK AND HIT EMPL IN STOMACH.

April 26, 1990 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ida Carbon Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING OPEN CROSS-CUT ALONG RIGHT RIB BUT WAS TOO CLOSE TO RIB WHEN IT BECAME LOOSE.

June 1, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Carbon Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING BACKDUMP AND ALLEGES THAT THE SEAT BOUNCING UP AND DOWN CAUSED A HERNIA IN HIS SIDE.

September 12, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Colony Corp · Struck against a moving object

LOADER WENT IN BEHIND BACKDUMP TO LOAD BUCKET WITH OVERBURDEN. AS BACKING UP LOADER CAUGHT BUCKET ON BACK OF TRUCKBED.

April 8, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Carbon Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE RADIO ME AND COMPLAINED HE INJURED HIS BACK WHEN HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE DRIVING AROUND THE JOBSITE ON THE IDA CARBON AND HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD.

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