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December 29, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Long Rifle Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED HE WAS DRIVING CAR RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY THREW HEAD IN CANOPY CAUSING INJURY TO HEAD A NECK.

December 5, 1992 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ballard Brothers Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAINS SECTION #1 ENTRY MAKING TURN ON SCOOP AND LAID HAND OVER SIDE AND CRUSHED 4 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.

April 4, 1992 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Bi-Mor Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

SCOOP WAS CLEANING UP BEHIND THE MINER AND THE MINER MAN WAS SETTING IN THE DECK WHEN A SCOOP FRAME UNDER MINER AND RAISED THE DECK UP OFF OF THE GROUND PUTTING THE OPR. INTO THE TOP.

February 14, 1992 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sundance Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR TOO FAST FOR ROADWAY CONDITIONS.INJURED BACK BY STRIKING AGAINST DECK FRAME.

January 17, 1992 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Sharples Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HURT BOTH KNEES AND LEGS WHILE PLUGGING BATTERIES UP TO MANBUS. THE MANBUSSES DISCONNECT SWITCH WAS NOT DEACTIVATED THEREFORE CAUSING THE MANBUS TO ACTIVATE AND PIN THE INJURED UP AGAINST A BU ILDING.

September 23, 1991 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sundance Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN FLY PAD & INJURED HIS WRIST. HE HAD LIFTED FLY PAD WHILE TRAMMING SCOOP THRU IT.

September 4, 1991 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Bi-Mor Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

BACKREST ON SEAT IN SCOOP CAME OUT OF ADJUSTMENT SLOTS CAUSING IT TO FALL WITH OPERATOR CAUSING INJURY TO NECK AND UPPER BACK AREA.

May 13, 1991 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Bi-Mor Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF TOP OF THE MINE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS HEAD NECK AND UPPER BACK.

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