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May 7, 1986 VA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING MOTOR3COMING OUT OF MINE MAN RAISED UP AND STRUCK FACE AGAINST TOP.

March 25, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE CLEANING 5ROUND TAIL PIECE A ROCK BOUNCED OFF STRIKING I.NAME ON SHOULDER CREATING A SITUATION WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FALLING BACKWARDS

February 18, 1986 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGED INJURY 2CCURED AS MAN WAS OPERATING A GOOD MAN MULE TRUCK MOUNTED MOTOR, GOING INSIDE THE MINE, THE CONTROL LEVEL CAUGHT IN A HOLE IN A FLY PAD AND STRUCK HIS THUMB.

August 12, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

LINE ON HANDBRAKE BROKE ALLOWING MOTOR TO DRIFT BACK.MOTOR DERAILED HURTING HIS BACK.

June 11, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

TAKING SCOOP UNDER MINER CABLE WHEN CABLE FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD.

May 1, 1985 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

THIS MAN SAID HE WAS SHOVELING BELT WHEN A PIECE OF MUD FLEW FROM BELT STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

April 26, 1985 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS MAN SAID HE REPAIRED CHAIN ON FEEDER.AS OPERTOR STARTED TO TRAM FEEDER CHAIN BROKE AGAIN STRIKING THIS MAN ON KNEE.

December 3, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

THIS MAN WAS EATING LUNCH WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR WENT BY THROWING A PIECE OF COAL INTO HIS EYE

June 25, 1984 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

THIS MAN SAID HE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A HOLE IN BOTTOM JARRING HIS LOWER BACK

May 2, 1984 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS MAN WAS OPERATING FRONT-END LOADER WHEN A TREE LIMB BROKE HIS WINDSHIELD CUTTING HIS HAND.

October 6, 1983 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

THIS ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED WHEN AS THIS MAN WAS MOVING S/C HIS HEAD STRUCK A BELT HANGER CUAISNG PAIN IN HIS NECK.

February 14, 1983 VA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF SCOOP WHEN BUCKET WAS LOWERED ON HIS FOOT

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