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April 12, 1995 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Somerset Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

YDRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A BUMP ON THE ROADWAY THEN MY NECK POPPED AND START HURTING.

March 22, 1995 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Somerset Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR & FROM THE BOUNCING FROM THE ROUGH ROADWAYS STRAINED HS LOWER BACK.

March 13, 1995 CO · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Somerset Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAMMING THE SCOOP OUT OF THE SECTION. WENT AROUND A CORNER AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE CANOPY AND A FIRE EXTINGUISHER FRAME MOUNTED ON THE TENDER OF THE SCOOP.

June 1, 1994 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Somerset Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKING UP CHUNK OF COAL ALONG SIDE OF BELTLINE AND PUTTING THEN ON THE BELTLINE. THEN A CHUNK OF COAL COME OFF THE BELT AND HIT HIM ON THE LOWER BACK.

March 30, 1993 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Somerset Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH ROADWAYS. WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN CAB CAUSING BRUISING OR KNOCKING BACK & HIPS OUT OF ALIGNMENT

October 26, 1992 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Somerset Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

ANCHORS ON NO.6 BELT DRIVE FROKE LOOSE ALLOWING THE BELT DRIVE UNIT TO SLIDE DOWN THE ENTRY.

December 20, 1991 CO · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
Somerset Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED PARTY WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR TRYING TO CLEAN OUT A SIDE SHOOT ON TOP OF THE UNIT TRAIN LOADING SILO WHICH RUNS UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT WITH A D HANDLE SHOVEL.THE CONVEYOR BELT CAU GHT THE SHOVEL PULLING IT AWAY FROM HIM AND IN DOING SO IT TWISTED HIM OVER AND PULLED HIS SHOULDERS OUT OF PLACE.

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