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1983–2026
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November 8, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE I,NAME WAS SHOVELING THE BELT, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS HAND.

January 19, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING THE 3 WHEEL SCOOTER INTO THE MINER WHEN HE HIT HIS HARD HAT ON A FLYBOARD THIS BENT HIS HEAD BACK AND HURT HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER.

October 27, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE DROVE HIS SH6TTLE CAR INTO A LINE CURTAIN BOARD THAT WAS BENT DOWN. THE BOARD STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

September 24, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SAYS HE WAS DRIVING A SSHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE BOUNCED AND HURT HIS BACK.

May 31, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE RAN HIS SHUTTLE CAR INTO THE RIB AND THE IMPACT CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE IN HIS SEAT AND HE BRUISED HIS SHOULDER

May 3, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DROVE SHUTTLE CAR ACROSS ROUGH BOTTOM AND BOUNCED IN SEAT CAUSING STRAIN IN STOMACH.

March 2, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DROVE HIS SHUTTLE CAR ACROSS ROUGH BOTTOM, BOUNCED IN HIS SEAT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 26, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Expansion Mining Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

PINNER WAS TRAMMING FROM 3 TO 2 2 LOB FROM FACES WHEN THE OFF STANDARD 21SC SHUTTLE CAR CAME TROUGH A FLY PAD AND STRUCK THE PINNER OPERATOR IN THE LEGTHE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CUTS TO BOTH LEGS B UT NEITHE LEG WAS BROKEN

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