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739,207
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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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April 12, 1985 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
R & B Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OVER GHANGING CABLE CAME LOOSE DROPPING DOWN EES HEAD GOT CAUGHT IN CABLE CREATING A CLOTHES LINE TYPE SITUATION. DID NOT SEEM TO BE SERIOUS INJURY AT TIME. DID PULL LOWER NECK MUSCLE.

July 26, 1983 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
R & B Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

SHUTTLE CAR TIRE BLEW OUT ON CAR EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING COAL FROM MINE FLOOR BLEW IN HIS FACE ABRASIONS TO BOTH CORNEAS COAL REMOVED FROM LEFT EYE

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