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May 19, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS PULLING3THE FEEDER CABLE TO THE POWER BOX WITH THE SCOOP. THE CATHEAD PIN PLUG STARTED TO SLIP OFF THE SCOOP. THE EMP GRTABBED FOR THE CABLE AND GOT HIS LEFT LITLE FINGER CAUGHT BETW ROPE AND THE SC2OP

April 15, 1986 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 RUNNING A SCOOP WHEN HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIS HEAD TO BOUNCE AGAINST THE CANOPY

January 30, 1984 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Mingo Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ON TOP OF SCOOP HIS FOOT WAS HANGING OVER RTHE SIDE THE SCOOP MOVED BACKWARDS CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN TIRE & FENDER.

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