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273,095
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2000–2026
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March 3, 2010 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Justice Highwall Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was helping to move the forks on a fork loader his hand was caught between the forks and the back board of the loader.

January 19, 2006 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE ALLEGES HE WAS MOVING SPOIL MATERIAL WITH LOADER BUCKET. THE MACHINE TRAMMED OVER UNEVEN PIT FLOOR. THE REAR TIRES BOUNCED OVER 36" HOLE IN PIT FLOOR. (SPRAINED BACK FROM SUDDEN JOLT & BOUNCE OF LOADER.)

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