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1983–2026
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November 28, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hickory Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE OPER. OF THE OFF DRIVE SHUTTLE CAR WAS HAULING COAL IN THE #4 ENTRY AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND BOUNCED INTO THE TOP AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND CREATED A LACERATION APPR OX. 1/2 INCH LONG WHEN HE HIT A BOLT IN THE TOP.

July 21, 1988 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hickory Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A BATTERY CAR AND IT LOST TRAM GOING UP A HILL AND HE JUMPED OFF AND T RIED TO GRAB HIS EQUIPMENT AND HOLD IT AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK HE SAID

May 20, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hickory Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COAL HEIGHT ABOUT 38 INCH AND CUTTER CABLE HANGING ACROSS THE ENTRY, THE CUTTER CABLE WAS PULLED DOWN AND CAUGHT THE BUGGY OPERATOR WHILE OPERATING BUGGY.

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