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June 3, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

D & F Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR. AND MASHED HIS LEFT LEG WHICH WAS AMPUTATED BY HOSPITAL SIX INCHES BELOW THE KNEE.

August 19, 1987 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE

D & F Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OP A SCO2P & HAD HIS H AND OUTSIDE OF T HE SCOOP DECK WHEN HE STEERED THE SCOOP TO THE LEFT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE SWIVEL PART OF THE SCOOP.

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