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September 15, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

HOLDING COVER, WHEN EMPL PUT TERMINAL END ON BATTERY WHEN 3-WHLR STARTED TO TRAM AND FOULED HAND INTO TOP.

October 15, 1991 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATED HE WAS CLEANING SECTION WITH SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER CRIB BLOCK & SCOOP BOUNCED HURTING BACK.

November 28, 1990 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL WITH HIS SCOOP WHEN HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.

June 21, 1990 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS TRAMMING SCOOP TO FACE WHEN HE PUT LEFT HAND UNDER SCOOP DECK TO GET A SHEAR PIN & SCOOP SET DOWN ON HAND

December 6, 1989 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SECTION WHEN HE GOT HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN SCOOPY DECK AND ROOF.

November 1, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMING SHUTTLE CAR TO FEEDER, HIT A HOLE IN BOTTOM HURTING HIS BACK.

May 20, 1989 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP TO SECTION & RAISED UP HIS HEAD CATCHING HIS NOSE ON HEADER ON ROOF OF MINE

October 21, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPER ATOR RAN HIS BUGGY OVER A ROCK IN ROADWAY THROWING HIM AGAINST THE BUGGY

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