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June 23, 1986 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS RIDING 3N REAR OF SCOOTER WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF TRAOLEY WIRE STRUCK TOP AND BOUNCED DOWN STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT FOREARM

May 8, 1986 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck against a moving object

TRACK MOTOR WAS3FLOOWING MANTRIP BUS DOWN MAINLINE TRACK WHEN BUS SLOWED DOWN FOR A TRACK SWITCH MOTOR SLID INTO BACK O MANTRIP

April 24, 1986 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS HOL8ING WOODEN DOOR OPEN FOR SCOOP WHEN SCOOP CONTACTED DOOR. DOOR WAS SHOVED TOWARDS TOP & CAUGHT INJUREDS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN MINE ROOF & DOOR.

March 11, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WOR5ING AT BELT DRIVE TURN CHUTE AND HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON SPILL BOARD WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED UP OFF BELT STRICKING HIM ON THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

October 15, 1985 VA · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LOADING CINDER BLOCKS ONTO BELT WHEN A LUMP OF COAL FELL OFF BELT CATCHING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE LUMP OF COAL & A CINDER BLOCK.

July 18, 1984 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck by flying object

INJ STANDING IN HIGH TOP 20\ FROM WHERE 6 NORTH BELT DUMPS ONTO 6 EAST BELT WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FLEW FROM TRANSFER POINT STRIKING LEFT EYE.

January 16, 1984 VA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck against a moving object

PORTAL BUS WHICH INJURED WAS RIDING RAN AWAY DOWN A GRADE STRIKING ANOTHER PORTAL BUS CAUSING INJURED TO BE THROWN AGAINST FRAME OF BUS

January 16, 1984 VA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Beatrice Pocahontas Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE IN ROUTE TO THE 1 LONGWALL IN A PORTAL BUS THE KEYS IN THE MOTOR SPEED REDUCER SHEARED THE BUS THEN RAN AWAY TRAVELING AWAY FROM THE LONGWALL AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PORTAL BUS

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