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January 22, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS TRAVELING IN #2 ENTRY WITH SCOOP AND RAN OVER A 4" LIMESTONE BLOCK WHICH HAD BEEN DROPPED IN ROADWAY. HE BOUNCED UP AND WHEN HE CAME DOWN, HE HIT HIS SIDE ON HIS SELF RESCUER WHICH WAS ON HIS BELT AND BRUISED HIS SIDE.

October 31, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING WATER LINE REACHE UNDER SCOOP BUCKET TO PULL IT THE OPER LET BUCKET FALL ON RING FINGER OF R HAND

August 22, 1990 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WATCHING CABLE ON SHUTTLE CAR WHILE IT WAS PUSHING SIDE OF OPERATOR AND THE SHUTTLE CAR PINNED HIM TO THE RIB OF THE FACE COAL BROKEN ANKLE AND BROKEN PELVIS ACCORDING TO THE INJURED MA N S TESTIMONY.

August 9, 1990 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS WORKING ON $5 TAIL PC MOTOR STARTED MOVING HE GRABBED FOR THE HAND BRAKE HIT HIS HAND AGAINST CAR WHILE DOING THIS HE GOT HIS RT KNEE FOWLED IN THE TIMBER OR WATER LINE & TWISTED HI S LEG FX OF 1ST METACARPAL ON RT HAND & MENTSCUSOF RT KNEE

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