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1983–2026
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March 18, 1996 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Conquest Coal Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE BACKING UP 3 WHEELERS STRUCK HEAD ON ROOF BOLT THAT HAD DRAW ROCK FALL FROM AROUND IT.

March 14, 1994 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Conquest Coal Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BACKING THE SCOOP0 UNDER THE LINE CURTAIN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE LINE CURTAIN OVER THE CANOPY OF THE SCOOP WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CANOPY OF THE SCO OP AND THE TOP.

December 6, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Conquest Coal Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS MOVING PIN MACHINE BY MINER WHEN OFF SIDE SHUTTLE CAR BIT BACK OF PINNER PINNING OPERATOR BETWEEN MINER & PINNER MASHING LEFT ARM & RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.

October 19, 1988 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Conquest Coal Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS RIDING PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN IT HIT OFFSET IN THE RIB AND STRUCK HEAD ON PERSONNEL CARRIER.

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