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April 29, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Coal Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

SHUTTLE CAR WAS STUCK UP AND A SCOOP WITH A WINCH WAS BEING USED TO PULL SHUTTLE CAR AROUND. FLOOR UNDERNEATH SHUTTLE CAR GAVE WAY AND CAR SLID SUDDENLY, STRIKING EMPS LEFT LEG.

May 31, 1995 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE HAD HIS LEFT LEG PARTIALLY OUTSIDE THE CANOPY. EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE MINE RIB WITH THE SHUTTLE CAR PINCHING HIS KNEE BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE SHUTTLE CAR.

September 2, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Swamp Fox Development Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE LEFT COAL TRUCK RUNNING, WITH OUT PARK BRAKE BEIN GSET WAS ON LOADER WHEN COAK TRUCK STARTED MOVING. JUMPED OFF LOADER AND FELL TO HIS KNEE WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND.

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