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3,112
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1983–2026
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June 24, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
C J & L Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RIDING IN RAIL BUSIN THE END WHERE LONG BLOLTER STEEL HAD BEEN LOADED. THE STEEL EITHER VIBRATED OUT THE SIDE OF THE BUS OR EE MOVED IT TO GET MOTRE COMFORTABLE AND IT CAUGHT THE RIB AF THE END OF #49 INTERSECTION AND SWUNG AROUND ANDHIT EE CAUSING LACERATION TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND HOSE.

February 13, 1996 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
C J & L Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAMMING MINER AROUND A CORNER IN AN INTERSECTION & WAS PUSHING THE MINER CABLE OVAER WITH HIS RIGHT LET & THE DECK OF THE MINER CAUGHT HIS LEG AGAINST THE RIB.

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