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June 11, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Highwall Energy Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A GENERATOR ONTOP THE HIGHWALL MINER. THE GENERATOR WAS HUNG FROM A TRUCK HOIST. AS IT WAS BEING LOWERED THE GENERATOR STARTED SPINNING. WHEN THE EE WAS TRYING TO STOP THE RO TATION HE STEPPED INTO THE HOLE WHERE THE GENERATOR WAS TO SET.

February 23, 2002 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Highwall Energy Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A LOADER AND AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER HE MISSED A STEP AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

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