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1983–2026
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January 13, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME STATED T2AT WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN OVER AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE ROADWAY WHICH BOUNCED HIM UP AGAINST THE CAR CANOPY INJURING HIS NECK.

August 12, 1986 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STANDING OUTSID9 OF SCOOP DECK PUSHED STEERING CONTROL LEVER AND SWIVETED SCOOP DECK ON TOP OF LEFT FAST.

March 31, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIDING IN3SCOOP BUCKET THE SCOOP DROPPED OFF IN A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY JARRING HIM

February 7, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS RIDI3G IN THE MINE ON THE OUTBY END OF THE PERSONNEL CARRIER, AND THEY CAME TO A LOW PLACE IN THE MINE ROOF, HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PERSONNEL CARRIER AND THE ROOF ON HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE FRACTU9ING 3 RIBS

October 21, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

I,NAME LOADED SUPPLIES INTO A RAILRUNNER AND STARTED TO TAKE THEM INSIDE. THE TRACK PASSES UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT. HE WAS ON HIS KNEES IN THE INBY END. WHEN HE PASSED UNDER THE BELT HE WAS NO T DOWN LOW ENOUGH. HIS BACK STRUCK THE BELT SUPPORT FRAME.

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