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August 13, 2002 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING UNI-HAULER WHEN HE STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY & JAMMED HIS NECK AGAINST THE CANOPY.

August 3, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING STEEL ROPE AWAY FROM SCOOP WHILE IT WAS TRAMMING. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED & WENT UNDER SCOOP FRAME, GETTING CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME & MINE FLOOR.

June 24, 2002 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A TAIL ROLLER ON THE MINERWHEN A SHUTTLE CAR CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND STRUCK HIM.

June 3, 2002 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TO MINER. HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY.

December 18, 2001 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING BY THE HIGH-VOLTAGE CABLE SLED BEHIND SECTION POWER CENTER, PREPARING FOR A POWER MOVE, WHEN THE SCOOP BACKED IN TO THE SLED, IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE, CATCHING HIS LEFT LOWER LEG BETWEEN SCOOP AND SLED.

December 14, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP INTO THE MINE WHEN THEY STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, BOUNCING EMPLOYEE OUT. WHEN THE OPERATOR STOPPED THE MANTRIP, IT ROLLED BACKWARDS, OVER EMPLOYEE'S CHEST AND S HOULDER.

October 31, 2000 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Struck against a moving object

EE GOT INTO SHUTTLE CAR TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY. WHGILE TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING HIS HIP.

July 11, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING 31 SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS IN A WATER HOLE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY AND INJURE HIS NECK.

March 4, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Co. · Struck against a moving object

EE INADVERTENLY STRUCK A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR WHLE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. EE THEN STRUCK HISHEAD AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY

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