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September 25, 1996 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

HE WAS CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK WHEN RACE FORK COAL CORP. WAS PUSHING CARS DOWN THE TRACK. IT WAS PITCH DARK, NO LIGHTS WERE ON THE CARS OR THEIR WERE NO SIGNS TO TELL YOU TO WATCH. THEY HIT THE TRUCK AND PUSHED IT DOWN THE TRACK.

October 8, 1991 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL ALLEGED THAT WHILE DRIVING ROCK TRUCK HE WAS SHAKEN AROUND IN DRIVER'S SEAT CAUSING BACK TO HURT.

July 12, 1990 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS DROPPING OUT RAILROAD CARS AT LOADOUT FACILITY. WHILE TIGHTENING BRAKE ON CARS EMPL PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK ON LEFT SIDE. EMPL DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL MONDAY 7/17 THIS WAS ALSO FIR ST DAY HE MISSED WORK.

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