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September 2, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Swamp Fox Development Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE LEFT COAL TRUCK RUNNING, WITH OUT PARK BRAKE BEIN GSET WAS ON LOADER WHEN COAK TRUCK STARTED MOVING. JUMPED OFF LOADER AND FELL TO HIS KNEE WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND.

March 11, 1985 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Swamp Fox Development Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS TRAMMING OUT OF DRIFT WHEN THE MACHINE STRUCK THE PROTECTIVE CANOPY AT THE DRIFT CAUSING THE CANOPY TO COLAPSE AND PIN THE EMPLOYEE INSIDE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE COMMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN

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