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April 20, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS RUNNING 482 SCOOP ON PILLAR WORK RAN OVER A SLUG OF ROCK AT PAS #1573 HIM IN THE TOP AND SAID TO HURT HIS BACK AND NECK.

April 5, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MAN TRIP TO THE OUTSIDE. HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND BEHIND SCOOP BUCKET TO PULL HIMSELF UP OFF HIS KNEES. I.NAME RAISED THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE STOP ON THE SCOOP MASHED HI S FINGER.

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