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October 27, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE DRIVING J9EP INTO MINES PASSED A 2ND JEEP & THEY BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER & HAND ON HIS PAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS JEEP LIGHT POST & JEEP PAN & HIS LEFT RING FINGER 1ST JOINT WAS CUT OF F 3

June 6, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRIVING M3NE JEEP DIRT AND PARTICLES FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN FACE SOME WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE AND A SMALL PARTICLE IMBEDDED IN EYE

January 30, 1986 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SAID H9 WAS DRIVING A JEEP AND IT BOUNDE CED HIM UP AGAINST THE ROOF AND HIT HIS BACK

April 30, 1985 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED RIDING ON TOP OF THE CRIB BLOCK IN TH E SCOOP AFTER BEING TOLD BY FOREMAN,I.NAME, NOT TO WAS CRUSHED AGAINST THE ROOF. OTHERS WERE UNABLE TO REMOVEW ANY OF THE CRIB BLOCKS TO FRE E HIM SO THRY HAD TO BACK THE SCOOP UP IN ORDER TO FREE HIM.. .

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