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August 2, 1988 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
H R C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL MOVING MINER CABLE FROM HAUWAY WHEN SHUTTLE CAR RAN OVER LEFT FOOT.

March 2, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
H R C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HIT HOLE OR RAN OVER ROCK CAUSING JOLT TO HIS BACK

August 13, 1986 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
H R C Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS DRIVING3SHUTLECAR TO MINER TO LOAD COAL WHILE GOING THROUGH FLY PAD A TIRE OR CANOPY DECK STRUCK A TIMBER CAUSING IT TO STRIKE EMP INCHEST AND SHOULDER

October 31, 1983 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
H R C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HAULING COAL WITH SHUTTLE CAR HIT BUMP IN BOTTOM, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE CANOPY WITH HEAD

September 6, 1983 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
H R C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING SCOOP TO MOVE PERSONNEL CARRIER GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN SCOOP AND PERSONEL CARRIER

July 28, 1983 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
H R C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING SCOOTER, HITBUMP, PULLING EMPLOYEE BACK WHEN IT HAPPENED.

July 18, 1983 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
H R C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING A BATTERY MOTOR THE MOTOR HIT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM & HURT HIS NECK

February 2, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
H R C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIDING MAN TRIP IT HIT A BUMP BOUNCING EMPLOYEE HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HIM LATER

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