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June 24, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HAULING COAL. BUMP IN ROAD, BOUNCED TRUCK, HURT LOWER BACK.

June 11, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE EMPL WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR HIT HEAD AGAINST ROOF.

April 25, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LEFT FOOT HANGING OUT OF MANBUS GOT FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN MANBUS & RIB.

February 22, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSH BRAKE AND HURT KNEE.

August 14, 1991 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE OPERATING ROCK TRUCK, IT ROCKED TO ONE SIDE HITTING BACK AGAINST DOOR.

July 29, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE BOUNCED IN A SHUTTLE CAR DECK WHILE OPERATING IT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK./

April 17, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING S/CAR UP 4 ENTRY STRUCK HOLE JURY RIBS.

January 17, 1991 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A THREE WHEELED JEEP. THE FRONT WHEEL STRUCK A ROCK AND CAUSED THE STEERING HANDLE TO KICK AND SLAP THE VITIM ON RIGHT HAND.

January 8, 1991 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR STATED "BRAKES FAILED ON TRUCK WHILE HE WAS HAULING TO THE VALLEY FILL.

October 7, 1988 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR WHICH FLIPPED TIMBER OFF OF ROADWAY.TIMBER CAUGHT FOOT AGAINST MACHINE.

December 11, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BRAKE LOCKED UP AND THREW DRIVER INTO STEERING WHEEL.

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