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August 13, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

68935 SHOVELING SPILLAGE FROM CONVEYOR BELT HIS SHOVEL CAUGHT IN A MOVING ROLLER THE SHOVEL STRUCK THE INJURED MAN ON THE CHEST.

March 5, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by falling object

A WOODEN CRIB BLOCK FELL FROM THE FORKS OF A FROK

October 30, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE BOUNCED IN HIS SEAT AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

October 11, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHICH CAUSED TO BOUNCE IN HIS SEAT INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

August 12, 1991 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WAS INSIDE HIS PARKED MACK REFUSE TRUCK,UNDER THE REUGE BIN,LOADING HIS TRUCK,WHEN AN UNOCCUPIED -PARKED CAT TRUCK RAN OFF AND STRUCK THE REFUGE TRUCK IN THE LEFT FRONT.THERE WAS S UBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH TRUCKS AND THE DRIVER RECEIVED A LACERATED LEFT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.

March 13, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED MAN WAS TRAVELING UNDER A POWER CABLE WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR HE WAS OPERATING PULLED THE CABLE DOWN. THE CABLE STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH AND PULLED HIM OFF THE OPERATORS SEAT. HE HAS A BRU ISED MOUTH AND A NECK STRAIN.

January 25, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING THE MAN TRIP TRACTOR AS HE STARTED IN THE MINE THE TRACTOR RAN OVER A PIECE OF ICE IN THE ROADWAY. AS THE TRACTOR CAME BACK DOWN IT PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CAR CO UPLER AND THE PIECE OF ICE. LACERATED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE THE OPEN WOUND.

September 23, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE DRIVER OF 773-B ROCK TRUCK WAS BOUNCED AGAINST THE SEAT, WHEN THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION CYLINDER CAP CAME OFF AND ALLOWED THE CYLINDER TO BOTTOM OUT AGAINST THE FRAME.

September 20, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING A TRUCK OVER A DIRT, ROUGH ROAD, THE TRUCK HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BOUNCE OUT OF THE SEAT AND INJURING HIS TESTICLES.

May 21, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WHILE RELEASING THE HAND BRAKE OF CAR #1130, HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE HAND WHEEL, WHILE THE WHEEL WAS SPINNING, (AS STATED BY THE EMPLOYEE), RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF THE LI TTLE FINGER. ALSO, WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE CAR, THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE SLIP AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND FRACTURED HIS WRIST.

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