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September 6, 2008 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE

Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was operating rubber tired man trip when he apparently struck a rock in the roadway causing the steering wheel to jerk.

February 20, 2001 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE

Blue Haven Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN BOTH SECTION OF SCOOP.

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