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June 25, 1991 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bentley Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE COMING OUT OF MINES, MANTRIP HIT A HOLE AND A CRIB WAS LAYING IN HOLE WHEN MANTRIP CAME DOWN ON IT. IT CAME UP STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST CAUSING A LARGE BRUISE TO LEFT SIDE OF CHEST.

April 9, 1991 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Bentley Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING IN A MOTORIZED CART TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE. WHILE PASSING THE CONTINUOUS MINER, THE MOTORIZED CART SLID TOWARD THE MINER AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG BETWEEN T HE MOTORIZED CART AND THE MINER.

April 1, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Bentley Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE SEVERAL LARGE ROCKS WEDGED INTO SPILLBOARD ON CONVEYOR BELT, SLATE BAR BECAME CAUGHT BY CONVEYOR BELT CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN TOP AND SLATE B AR.

September 12, 1990 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Bentley Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HIT BY STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING MANTRIP

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