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June 9, 1988 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
O'Donnell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN OFFSET WAITING FOR THE SCOOP TO PASS.SCOOP SLID AND SQUEEZED EMPLOYEES KNEE BETWEEN SCOOP BATTERY AND RIB.

April 8, 1988 PA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
O'Donnell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OUT OF ENTRY, WHILE DOING SO A LEG APPROX. 6 FEET LONG FELL OUT, CAME DOWN ON BATTERIES, CAUGHT OTHER POST AND CAME AROUND HITTING EMPLOYEE.

July 20, 1987 PA · Coal timberman POWERED HAULAGE
O'Donnell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS RIDING 31WHEELER & HAD HIS R FOOT HANGING OVER SIDE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE APPROACHED LAST X-CUT MAKING A LEFT TURN TO GO INTO X-CUT WHEN HIS R FOOT WEDGED BETWEEN A PROP & THE SIDE OF T HE VEHICLE. 3

November 20, 1986 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
O'Donnell Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS NO7 WEARING SAFETY GLASSES EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON 3 WHEELER PERSONNEL IN #3 ENTRY OPERATOR OF 3 WHEELER RAN OVER ROOF BOLT THAT WAS LAYING BESIDE RUNWAY ROOF BOLT CAME UP A ND HIT EMPLOYEE IN FA7E EMPLOYEE THEN GOT DRAGGED OVER FENDER ON 3 WHEELER AT LOW BARS

June 3, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
O'Donnell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING GOB UP WITH SCOOP. WHILE DOING SO HE BACKED SCOOP INTO POST LINE ALONG RIB. POSTS HIT HIM IN HEAD AND PUSHED HIS FACE DOWN AGAINST CONTROL. EMPLO2EE IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON JUNE 10, 1986.

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