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August 25, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured employee was using a hydraulic boom to hold a hydraulic pump in place on a D 11 dozer. The boom control was beside him on the dozer, when he inadvertently activated the lower switch and lowered the boom onto his back.

March 3, 2008 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC · Struck by falling object

Injured employee was operating a 992G endloader loading rock trucks. He was loading parallel with the shot, undercutting the shot material and some rock rolled into the cab resulting in contusions to the left hand and right knee. He had been instructed on two previous occassins to load perpendicular to the shot material.

August 22, 2007 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The boom on the powder truck was swung in the wrong direction striking the employee in the head and shoulder.

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