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June 8, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Speed Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HIS SCOOP WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP, STOVING HIS NECK.

March 6, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Speed Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS LANDING IN HIS LAP. THE ROCK INFLICTED AN INJURY TO THE RIGHT LEG. [KNEE & THIGH LOCATION].

February 10, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Speed Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A SUSPENDED ROOF BOLTER CABLE WAS FLIPPED DOWN BY THE SHUTTLE CAR IN FRONT OF EE'S SHUTTLE CAR. THE CABLE FOWLED HIS HEAD TO HIS SHOULDER INJURING HIS NEC K.

May 18, 1997 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Speed Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

BUMPED HEAD ON ROOF, STOVED NECK, WHILE RIDING SCOOP.

February 8, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Speed Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE GOT OFF OF HIS SHUTTLE CAR TO SEE WHY SECTIONBELT WAS OFF WHEN HE WENT TO GET BACK ON S/CAR THE OTHER S/CAR BUMP HIS S/CAR HURT HIS BACK

February 10, 1996 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Speed Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR FOLLOWED WORKER THROUGH VENT CONTROL. SCOOP BUCKET PINNED WORKER BETWEEN BUCKETR OF SCOOP AND BOOM OF MINER. EXTENT OF INJURIES ARE NOT YET KNOWN.

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