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August 9, 1988 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MECHANIC HAD DRIVEN SERVICE TRUCK TO AND HAD PARKED IN FRON OFTHE COAL TRUCK LEAVING 8 FEET BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES.AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK,DRIVER JOINED MECANIC AND TWO TOHER DRIVERS IN ARE A BETWEEN THE VEHICLES TO OBTAIN TOWELS FROM TOOL BOX OF SERVICE TRUCK.COAL TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN SLIGHT GRADE TOWARD SERVICE TRUCK CATCHING DRIVER BETWEEN TOOL COMPARTMENT DOOR AND FRONT

May 24, 1988 IN · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Mining · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING CRUSHER COAL PREPARTION PLANT WHEN A PIECE OF COAL WEIGHING APPROX. 8 POUNDS FELL FROM A VIBRATING SCREEN 15 FEET ABOVE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A MILD CONCUSSION AND NECK STRAIN.

August 2, 1986 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS BR5KING & LOWERING BUCKET OF FRONT-END LOADE WHEN INJURY OCCURRED, AS FORWARD MOVEMENT OF LOADER WAS SLOWING TO A COMPLETE STOP, DOOR OF CAB SWUNG FORWARD TO CLOSE. AT THE SAME TI ME THE OPERATOR3ANTICIPATING THE STOPPING OF THE L OADAER, PLACED HIS L HAND ON THE DOOR FRAME TO RISE FROM THE SEAT. FINGER WAS CUT & B RUISED WHE

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