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1983–2026
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April 20, 1999 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Day Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SUPPLIES WHEN HE HE INJUREDHIS RIGHT KNEE. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER ANY SPECIFIC OCCURANCE CAUSING INJURY, BUT HIS KNEE STARTED HURTING DURING THE SHIFT.

January 9, 1999 WV · Coal supply man, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Day Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET SCOOP OVER WHEN IT WENTTHE OPPOSITE DIRECTION HE WAS PLANNING HE WAS HOLDING HIMSELF UP OUTOF THE DECK IN ORDER TO PREVENT GETTING WET IN THE SEAT. HIS LEFT HAND WAS EXTENDED BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE SCOOP DECK & WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOOP DECK& THE SCOOP STOP. THE END OF THE 2 MIDDLE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND WERE SEVERED

August 3, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Day Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE TRIED TO PULL A PIECE OF METAL OFF A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT; STRUCK ELBOW ON ROOF

May 5, 1997 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Day Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT HE WAS RIDING OUT OF MINES ON A MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP WENT OFF THE TRACK GOING DOWN A GRADE AND HIT THE RIB BENDING THE EE S LEG BACK.

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