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1983–2026
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March 23, 1998 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Scant Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING GUARD ON BELT. STATED HE WAS SITTING ON BOTTOM BELT WHEN BELT LET LOOSE AND ROLLED HIM IN BELT ROLLER. \

February 3, 1998 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Scant Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS NEGOTIATING A TURN. WHEN HE MADE TURN SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT CABLE AND CAUSED IT TO HIT OPERATOR IN THE JAW.

September 24, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Scant Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR OUT OF #6 ENTRY, CAUGHT LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER AGAINST RIB. THIS IS WHAT HE SAID THAT HAPPENED. NO ONE WAS AROUND AT THE TIME. HIT RIB WITH SHUTTLE CAR AND FRIGHTENED HIM.

September 11, 1996 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Scant Branch Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE RIDING OUT OF MINE ON TRACK MANBUS CHECKING BELT LINES FOR CLEANING & DUSTING. STRUCK HIS HEAD ON STEEL I-BEAM & WAS KNOCKED OFF MANTRIP.

July 30, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Scant Branch Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE BELT BOSS-WENT TO CHECK BELT DRIVE AND APPARENTLY BREATHER SMOKE. WHERE BELT HAD GOBBED OFF.

March 14, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Scant Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

FOLLOWING SUPPLY TRAIN OUTSIDE THERE WAS SOME OIL ON TRACK GOING UP HILL AND TRAIN STARTED SLIDING ROCK AND MANTRIP COULDN'T STOP AND THEY HIT EACH OTHER.

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