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September 1, 1994 CA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jackson Valley Energy Partners L P · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR EITHER BLACKED OUT OR WAS SOMEHOW KNOCKED OUT WHILE DRIVING THE HAUL TRUCK. THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE BERM AND DOWN THE EMBANKMENT. THE OPERATOR SUSTAINED A SCALP LACERATION AND 4 BROKE N RIBS WITH A POSSIBLE PUNCTURED LUNG. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, DRY AND DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACCIDENT.

January 4, 1993 CA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jackson Valley Energy Partners L P · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RODDING OUT BOTTOM END OF CONVEYOR POCKET WITH METAL ROD, A CONVEYOR BUCKET CAUGHT THE ROD, THE ROD GRABBIN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND AND JERKIN GIT, CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION AND SPRAIN TO WRIST AND HAND.

March 30, 1992 CA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jackson Valley Energy Partners L P · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE UP LOCKED DOWN CONVEYOR SYSTEM BY GRABBING DRIVE BELTS & PULLEYS & PULLING ON THEM SYSTEM BROKE LOOSE & TORQUE OF CONVEYOR WHIPPED BELTS & PULLEYS DRIVE BELTS PULL ED MINERS LEFT HAND INTO PULLEY

January 13, 1992 CA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jackson Valley Energy Partners L P · Struck against a moving object

OPER CAT IN PUSH PULL OPER WITH OTHER 637. THE TRAILING 637 SLAMMED THE REAR END OF LEAD 637 SUFFERED WHIPLASH TYPE INJ

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