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September 16, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lazy J Mining, INC · Struck by falling object

A 488 scoop ran over a 6' timber. One end of the timber rose into the air and when it returned to the ground it struck the employee on top of his left foot causing a possible hairline fracture.

August 18, 2005 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Lazy J Mining, INC · Struck by powered moving object

WHEN EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH A SET OF FLY PADS, HE MET A SHUTTLE CAR TRAVELING IN HIS DIRECTION AND WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SOME MILD BRUISING

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