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April 3, 1985 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & R Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOADING BOARDS ONTO THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.

October 22, 1984 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J & R Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME BOLTING WHEN HAND BECAME CAUGHT IN SCISSOR JACK.

September 15, 1984 IN · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & R Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I. NAME WAS WATCHING THE MINER CABLE WHEN HE HEARD THE TOP BEGIN TO. HE RAN BUT THE ROCK LANDED ON HIS FOOT.

May 1, 1984 IN · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · ELECTRICAL
J & R Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

WORK HAD BEEN PERFORMED INSIDE THE 12,470 VOLT VACCUUM BREAKER COMPARTMENT AND THE POWER CIRCUITS HAD NOT BEEN DE-ENERGZED.

January 6, 1984 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & R Coal Company · Struck by falling object

RICK WAS BARRING DOWN SOME BAD ROOF WHEN A LARGE PIECE BROKE LOOSE AND FELL ON HIS FOOT. THE LEFT FOOT WAS FRACTURED.

October 13, 1983 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & R Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

THIS AREA WAS CROSS BARRED WITH 6" H-BEAMS ON 3\ CENTERS ABOVE THE H-BEAMS WERE 6" CRIBS TO THE ROOF THE ROOF STARTED CHIPPING SEVERELY AT APPROX 11:30 AM AND THE FALL OCCURRED AT 3:30 PM

September 16, 1983 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & R Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL AT INTERSECTION OF #2 X-CUT #5 ENTRY MAIN WEST BICKNELL MINERALS INC. BLASTED AT 11:30 AM

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