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January 26, 1995 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Opportunity Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING TRUCK & HITTING ROCK OR BUMPS & OR DIPS IN ROAD.

December 17, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Opportunity Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PERSON WAS DRIVING TRUCK AND SAID IT STARTED BOUNCING AND HURT HIS BACK.

November 23, 1994 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Opportunity Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

JERKING OF LOADER PRODUCED ACTING IN BACK.

November 30, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Opportunity Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACCORDING TO THE OPERATORS STATEMENT HE SAID A ROCK CAME OUT OF HIS BUCKET CAUSING A SUDDEN MOTION OF THE LOADER RESULTING IN THE SAID INJURY.

March 30, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Opportunity Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPER LOADER COMPLAINED OFF BACK PAIN

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