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Years on record
1983–2026
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February 18, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

SUBJECT WAS OPE9ATING A PAN AND WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE BOWL AND WAS GOING FORWARD WHEN HE DROVE OVER A CLUMP OF DIRT-MUD AND THE SUDDEN JAR CAUSED HIS BACK "WHICH HE HAS BEEN UNDER TREATMENT3FOR" TO START HURTING-LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

April 12, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT CLAIMB THAT WHEN HE HAS TO MOVE HIS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE TOO MUCH HE HAD PAIN IN NECK.

August 30, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND A SURVEY PARTY VEHICLE AND AS HE DROVE OVER THE BERM THE BOWL OF HIS PAN CAUGHT A BIG ROCK CAUSING THE BACK TO SLIDE OVER THE EDGE AND IT FLIPPED THE PAN O VER. NOT ANY LOST TIME SHOWN WILL BE DUE TO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE SUBJECT SAID HE IS AVAILABLE TO WORK.

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