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March 30, 1999 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Bay Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS SHOVELING BELT ON THE #4 BELT LINE HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT A SHOVEL FULL OF MUD ON BELT HIS KNEE GAVE OUT CAUSING HIS WHOLE BODY TO WIST & FALL INTO MOVING BELT LINE. CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NECK, RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK

October 21, 1998 WV · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Bay Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPER WAS MOVING 488 SCOOP IN #6 ENTRY OF THE FACE AREA HE WAS PULLING A BELT HEAD. EE WAS DIRECTING SCOOP WHEN HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN SCOOPAND FLOOR OF MINE CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT FOOT

March 27, 1998 WV · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Thunder Bay Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ENDLOADER PARKED AT SUPPLIES & ROCK TRUCK BACKEDINTO END LOADER.PARK BRAKE WAS SET BUT TRUCK HITEND LOADER MAKING BUCKET ON LOADER GO AGAINST ANKLE OF EE'S FOOT

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