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Years on record
1983–2026
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April 3, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RAN SHUTTLE CAR3INTO THE RIB PINNING RIGHT ARM AND CHEST AGAINST THE RIB.

March 19, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ WALKING THR2UGH BREAK OUTBY FACE,LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND SC CABLE.

March 15, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

ROPE BEING USED3TO PULL CAR BROKED STRIKING INJ MANS HAND.

February 14, 1987 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRANSPORTING A 5OWBOY BOOM TO OUTSIDE, THE LOWBOY BOOM DRAGGED AGAINST ON OBJECT BESIDE TRACK, SLID AROUND AND STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEES LEG.

December 3, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

1/2 IN CHAIN HO5DING BELT TAILPIECE BROKE FOOT CAUGHT UNDER TAILPIECE

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