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September 29, 1989 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Briarwood Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS CLEANING RIBS WITH SCOOP CAUGHT HEAD BETWEEN RIB AND SCOOP HURT NECK AND BACK.

July 24, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Briarwood Energy Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BATTERY MUST OF HAD A GROUND INTERNATILY IN THE BATTERY JUST AFTER HITTING THE ECELLERATOR SWITCH THE ROP CAME OFF ONE BATTERY SPLASHING ACID IN I NAME FACE

May 5, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Briarwood Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

I,NAME WAS RUNNING A SCOOP DOWN #3 ENTRY & ROOFED HIS HEAD AGAINST TOP. CUTTING HIS EAR. IN QUESTIMG I,NAME HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED-THE COAL HEIGHT WAS 38" IN #3.

January 16, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Briarwood Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS OPERATING 3 WHEELER WITH LEFT HAND WHILE BACKING UP THE FRONT STEER TIRE HIT A ROCK 3 IN THICK 5 IN WIDE THE STEERING BALL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIM ON THE HAND BREAKING HIS KNUCKLE

August 11, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Briarwood Energy Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE CRAWLING ACROSS BREAKTHRU WAS RUN OVER BY TURNING LOADED RAM CAR

August 11, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Briarwood Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

MANTRIP VEHICLE GOING TO GET ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES THE MAN REPOSTIONED HIMSELF RAISING UP TO FAR AND CONTACTED THE ROOF WHILE THE VEHICLES WAS IN MOTION.

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