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November 13, 1998 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

RIDING MAN BUS TO OUTSIDE, RAISED HIS HEAD UP IN LOW CLEARANCE TOP. SHOVED HIS HEAD BACWARDS.

August 25, 1998 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL MINER OFF OF ITS CABLE USING A UNHAULER AND A BIG PULL CHAIN WHILE PULLING AND JERKING THE MINER CHAIN SLIPPED OFF AND WITH A GLANCING BLOW HIT EE . BRUISE HIS LEFT ANKL E AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS RIBS

June 15, 1998 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS SELLING IN SCOOP DIPPER WHEN FIT JARRED AND HURT HIS TAILBONE.

April 30, 1998 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HOOKING TURN BUCKLE UP TO HAULER. THE HAULER BACKED UP A MASHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE HAULER AND THE TURN BUCKLE.

April 20, 1998 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING SCOOP CLEANING #5 RIGHT BREAK WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE MINE ROOF & THE SCOOP DECK. HE HAD A CUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD.

November 9, 1996 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING UNIHAULER WHEN HE LAID HIS FOOT UPON TOP TO REST LEG. WHEN LEAVING DUMPING POINT, HE FORGOT TO REMOVE HIS FOOT FROM TOP OF UNIHAULER CAUSING HIS FOOT TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF UNIHAULER AND ROOF.

October 9, 1995 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DRIVING RAM CAR WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF.

July 17, 1995 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Solus Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS UNDERNEATH A GOODMAN LOCOMOTIVE THAT WAS ON CRIB BLOCKS. THE TRUCKS OF THE MACHINE FELL DOWN ON HIS CHEST.

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