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1983–2026
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February 15, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CHANGING RAM CAR BATTERIES HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINE FROOR AND THE RAM CAR WHEN THE OPERATOR UNEXPECTANTLY BACKED UP

December 23, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS OPERATING SC AND HAD HAND ON BOOM FOR SUPPORT HE BACKED INTO A SC BEHIND HIM TO PUSH IT BACK AND THE BOOM OF HIS SC CAME UP AND CAUGHT HIS HAND

December 16, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS BACKING UP TRACTOR TRAILER WHICH HAD HEADERS ON IT HE SWIVELED TRACTOR AND HEADERS HIT HIS FINGERS

December 15, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck against a moving object

RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY WHILE TRAMMING SC -FELT PAIN IN BACK.

December 13, 1983 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS OPER. SUPPLY MOTOAR WHEN POWER KNOCKED AND COULD NOT USE ELECTRIC BRAKE OR AIR BRAKE. HE STARTED TO TIGHTEN HAND BRAKE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON FRAME OF MOTOR.

December 5, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGED WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A HOLE AND STOVED HIS DECK.

October 5, 1983 WV · Coal rock duster POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS RIDING IN BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN SCOOP BOUNCED CAUSING HIM TO HIT TAILBONE

September 24, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck by powered moving object

INJURED WAS GETTING MATERIAL FROM REAR OF RBM WHEN SC CAME THROUGHT FLY CURTAIN AND HIT HIM

September 14, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE WIRE INJURED REACH FOR THE TROLLEY POLE AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER

September 6, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BELT AND STRUCK EMPL ON FOOT.

August 22, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG AGAINST FRAME OF MANTRIP WHILE RIDING INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 082583

July 25, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING TO SET STAMBLER & WAS TRAMMING STAMBLER. AS HE WAS TRAMMING ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CONTROLS OF STAMBLER & COAL RIB.

July 20, 1983 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS PULLING CARS OF CRIBS WITH MOTOR AND COULDNT STOP OUTBY TRAP DOOR HE JUMPED FROM MOTOR AND STRUCK HAND AGAINST BLOCK

May 11, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS TRAMMING MANTRIP WHEN SHE RAN OVER A ROCK AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED QUICKLY STRIKING HER ON T HE BACK OF HER RT HAND

February 21, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck against a moving object

MR. WHEELER SAID TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR.

February 21, 1983 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A FIREXTINGINTER WAS ACCIDENLTY DISCHARGE IN THE MANTRIP OF WHICH MR. HASH WAS A PASSANGER. MR. HASH SAID HE INHALED SOME OF THE DAY POWDER.

February 17, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS SITTING IN A PORTAL BUS WHEN A SUPPLY MOTOR STRUCK THE PORTAL BUS SWITCHING OFF MAIN LINE.

February 15, 1983 WV · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED PLACED A CRIB BLOCK UNDER A SHUTTLECAR TIRE AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE SHUTTLECAR CAUSED THE CRIB BLOCK TO BE SQUEEZED AND STRIKING INJURED

February 10, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Armco Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WHILE OPERATING A RAM CAR, CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ANOTHER RAM CAR. THE INJURED DID NOT START MISSING TIME UNTIL 2-23-83 DUE TO A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

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