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January 11, 1993 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING BELT. PUT SHOVEL FULL OF COAL ONTO BELT. BELT SPLICE CAUGHT SHOVEL AND TWISTED HIM AROUND.

December 31, 1992 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS RIDING IN INBY END DECK ON RAIL RUNENR WITH TOW BAR IN SAME END. TOW BAR HIT RIB AND CAME BACK AND HIT INJURED IN CHEST.

November 11, 1992 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RAIL RUNNER ROLLED UP ON THE INJURED PERSON'S FOOT.

July 3, 1992 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS GOING BETWEEN BUGGY & RIB CAR OPERATOR DID NOT SEE HIM & BACK CAR UP & GOT LEFT FOOT HUNG BETWEEN BOOM & RIB

December 4, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TWO MAN TRIP MOTORS BUMPED TOGETHER AT A SET OF FLY PADS.

May 16, 1990 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING BUGGY GOING BACK TO MINER RAN OVER A ROCK THAT WAS LAYING IN HAULWAY CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWED UP AGAINST CANOPY ON BUGGY

October 19, 1989 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROUGH BOTTOM BOUNCED HIM AGAINST CANOPY HURTING RIBS

October 16, 1989 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROUGH BOTTOM AND BOUNCED INTO CANOPY.

July 22, 1989 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Plowboy Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING BUGGY IN ROUGH BOTTOM BOUNCED HIM AGAINST THE BUGGYS CANOPY AND HURT BACK

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