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November 13, 1984 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Omega Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING SCOOP OPERATOR HAD KNEE ABOVE THE TOP OF SCOOP CATCHING LEFT KNE AGAINST THE TOP CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING TO LEFT KNEE

June 7, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Omega Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR. VANDYKE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. WHEN PASSING UNDER A FLY BOARD HE APPARENTLY HAD HIS KNEE TOO HIGH & IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP & THE FLY BOARD.

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