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February 25, 1998 VA · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS SANDING RAIL BY HAND AND THE RAIL RUNNER SLID BACKWARDS AND CAUGHT HIS BACK BETWEENTHE TOP AND THE MOTOR.

April 15, 1997 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SWITCHING HIS BUGGY SEAT, HE WAS SIGNALING THE MINER. H HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE BUGGY AND CUAGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN TOP AND BUGGY.

August 8, 1984 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS GOING UP A STEEP HILL THE FRONT END OF THE CAR SLIDE SIDEWAYS CATCHING I.NAMES ARM BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE RIB

February 2, 1984 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS DRIVING THE LOADED CAR UP THE RUN WAY, HE HIT A HOLE AND BOUNCED OUT OF THE SEAT WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN, HE HIT THE EDGE OF THE SEAT

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