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1983–2026
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February 19, 1987 WV · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rand Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRAMMING3UP TOWARD FACE AND CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN LOADER SEAT AND RIGHT RIB.

February 10, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Rand Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND A MANTRIP . MANTRIP WAS TURNED TO COME OUTSIDE AT CLOSE TO SHIFT ENDING OPERATOR OF MANTRIP HANDED INJURED PERSON A PART TO LAY ON ROOF BOLTER BEF ORE COMING OUTS3DE AND HIT CONTROL PEDAL ON MANTRIP WHICH WAS NOT DE-ENERGIZED.

December 12, 1986 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rand Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

RECONDITIONED E0UIPMENT WAS TAKEN UNDERGROUND TO START MINING A NEW SECTION. OPERATOR WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR S/N ET 14034 TRAM CONTROLS STUCK AND OPERATOR GOT FOULED AGAINST RIB, DAMAGE WAS D ONE TO OPERATOR2S LEFT ARM.

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