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December 21, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hollow Point Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAMING SCOOP. GOT CHEST AND SHOULDER IN CONTACT WITH TOP ROLLING HIM OVER IN DECK OF SCOOP MASHING HIM ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

November 29, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hollow Point Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CREW LOADED BELT BOX INTO SCOOP BUCKET AND SCOOP OPER. RAISED SCOOP BUCKET VICTIM HAD HAND ON TOP OF BELT BOX MASHING HAND BETWEEN ROOF AND BELT BOX

July 31, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Hollow Point Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

RIDING SCOOP BUCKET INTO MINE, SCOOP WENT THR0UGH WATER GETTING SOME IN SCOOP BUCKET. MEADOWS RAISED UP TO KEEP FROM GETTING WET AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH MINE ROOF CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE BACK .

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