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December 5, 1989 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sequoyah Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ RIDING MANTRIP CAUGHT BETWEEN MANTRIP & TOP .FORCED TO BE BENT OVER HEAD DOWN BETWEEN LEGS.

January 20, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Sequoyah Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

MINE EMPLOYEE, I.NAME WAS TAKING MINE SUPPLIES INSIDE THE MINES, USING A 488 SCOOP, AND HAD TRAVELED APPROX. 300 FEET, RAISED UP AND STRUCK HIS RIGFHT SHOULDER AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.

June 16, 1988 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sequoyah Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS TAKING A SCOOP UNDER GROUND WHEN HE MISSING TO ROGHT TURN AND DROVE INTO LOW TOP, CAUGHTING HIS HEAD IN TOP.

May 18, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Sequoyah Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS RIDING MANTRIP BUS OUTSIDE WHEN THE BUS RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY, RISING THE BUS UP HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF.

May 6, 1988 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Sequoyah Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MEN WERE RIDING SCOOP OUT OF MINE AT QUIT TIME. HE WAS RIDING ON TOP OF BATTERIES. HE GAT WEDGED BETWEEN THE BATTERIES AND THE MINE ROOF. AND WAS DRAGGED OFF THE SCOOP.

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