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August 16, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Atlanta Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EXITING SHUTTLE CAR KNEE TWISTED

March 15, 1988 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Atlanta Mining · Fall from machine

THE LOADER OPERATOR TRIPPED WHILE GETTING OFF FRONT END LOADER, FELL AND INJURED BACK.

October 22, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White Oak Coal · Fall from piled material

NORMAL CONDITIO3S THEMINE YARD CONTAIN PILES OF MINE TIMBERS CONTAINED WITHIN TIMBER RACKS I NAME WAS ON TOP OF A PILE THROWING TRIMBER INTO SCOOP WHEN HE FINISHED HE JUMPED TO GROUND FROM A T TOP THE PILE I3JURING HIS ANKLE IN THE PROCESS.

March 18, 1987 WV · Coal brattice man/worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Atlanta Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INSTALLING ROOF6OLTS,SLIPPED AND FELL.KNEE SLIPPED UNDER THE DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTER AND WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN BOTTOM AND BOOM OF MACHINE.

February 10, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White Oak Coal · Fall down stairs

HEAVY SNOW FALL3COMBINED WITH WINDY AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES A COATING OF GLAZE ICE DEVELPED ON A STEEL STEP CROSSOVER OUT BY THE TAILPIECE OF THE OUTSIDE BELT INJURED SLIPPED ON THIS ICE W HILE DESCENDING3THE STEPS AND STRUCK HIS BACK ON THE TOP STEP

February 14, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Atlanta Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EXITING S C TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS KNEE WAS TWISTED.NO APPARENT REASON FOR STRAIN IMPAIRMENT MINIMAL.

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