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October 24, 1998 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Nehemiah Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOADING BLOCK INTO SCOOP BUCKET, WHEN SCOOP STARTED IT CAME DOWN AND HIT THE TOP OF EE LEFT FOOT RESULTING IN ONE BROKEN BONE.

May 12, 1998 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Nehemiah Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I WAS HELPING THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR AND THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS ANCHORED IN A HIGH PLACE AND THE CHAIN WAS TRYING TO HANG UP ON THE CAR AND I WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE TO TH E ANCHOR AND WHEN I HAD THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR START THE CAR AND PULL FORWARD THE CABLE CAME LOOSE AND HIT ME IN THE MOUTH UNDER THE NOSE. I DIDNOT KNOW TEETH WERE CRACKED UNTIL I WENT TO D

February 9, 1998 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nehemiah Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DUMPING THE COAL FROM HIS SHUTTLE CAR INTO THE FEEDER & A ROCK HUNG IN THE FEEDER CHAIN & FLEW UP & HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

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