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October 7, 1987 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bill Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PERSON WAS OPER5TING SCOOP IN FACE AREA OF 001 SECTION WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS RIBS INTO SCOOP FRAME

September 9, 1987 VA · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bill Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS RID3NG IN SCOOP BUCKET WITH MANTRIP HOLDING WITH FINGERS OF LEFT HAND ON OUTSIDE OF SCOOP BUCKET THE SCOOP CROSSED A SLICK SPOT IN HALLWAY CAUSING THE BUCKET TO SLIDE INTO THE RIB MASHING INDEX 0INGER ON LEFT HAND

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