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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 21, 1992 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Sea B Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF MAN BUS. BUS WAS STOPPED. BUS TRAVELING BEHIND RAN INTO STOPPED BUS. EMPLOYEE DIDN'T GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 3-23-92. LOSING TIME 3-23-92.

August 18, 1991 VA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sea B Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS OPERATING TRACK MOTOR MOVING FEEDER INSIDE OF MINE ON LOWBOY STARTED UP GRADE MOTOR STARTED SPINNING & SIDING BACKWARDS EMPL JUMPED FROM MOTOR & END OF FEEDER STRUCK HIM IN BACK OF HE AD.

January 28, 1991 VA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Sea B Mining Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS ON PORTA BUS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BUMPED PORTA BUS WITH SCOOP-BUS ROLLED & STRUCK INJURED ON FOOT

July 29, 1990 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Sea B Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE STARTED TO REMOVE A BAG OF ROCK DUST FROM SCOOP OPERATOR OF SCOOP LET BUCKET DOWN ON HIS FOOT.

February 15, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Sea B Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL STATED THAT SOMETHING BLEW IN EYE WHILE RIDING IN ON PORTABUS.

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