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1983–2026
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December 12, 1998 WV · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Essential Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PARKED TRACTOR IN BREAKTHROUGH SHOVELED BK BELT CAME AROUND HEARD TO CALL OUTSIDE. TRACTOR LEAKED OFF PINNING HIM AGAINST BELT RAIL. MASHED LEG BETWEEN KNEE & HIP

May 19, 1998 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Essential Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAINING, #1 BELT BY LEVELING THE BASE OF THE HYDRAULIC TAKE UP UNIT WHEN SOME HOW HIS LEFT ARM WAS PULLED INTO A ROLLER, CRUSHING HIS ARM.

June 20, 1996 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Essential Fuels Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, HIT THE RIB AND WAS THROWN INTO THE DECK OF MACHINE, HIT MOUTH AND JERKED NECK AND BACK.

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