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August 20, 2002 AL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
New Century Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN MBC BROKE LOOSE - WAS NOT REPORTABLE AT THE TIME - TOLD TO GO ON LIGHT DUTY 8/21/02 - LOST NO TIME. 10/3/02 HAD MORE PAIN - NOW REQUIRING FOLLOW UP TREATMENT.

August 10, 2002 AL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
New Century Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

MBC UNIT WERE BACKING UP INCLING IN BELT ENTRY WHEN A CONNECTING HINGE PIN BROKED THIS SUDDEN MOVEMENT CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS SEAT AND AGAINST A BIG ROCK.

October 16, 2001 AL · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
New Century Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADING SCOOP BEHIND BRIDGE CONVEYOR, EE WAS OPERATING STEERING, IN BACK AND FORTH MOTION TO LOAD BUCKET EVENLY, FROM OUTSIDE OF SCOOP DECK. EE'S LEG GOT CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT AREA OF SC OOP AND INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE.

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