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January 10, 1985 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Drill Mountain Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONDITIONS WERE GOOD MAN BENT OVER TO PICK UP MINER CABLE AND THROW IT OUT OF THE WAY AND COULDNT STRAIGHTEN BACK UP.

January 8, 1985 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE

Drill Mountain Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SCOOP MAN WAS HAULING COAL TO THE TAILPIECE ON SCOOP HE BACKED INTO INTERSECTION TO TURN PUT HIS HAND TO THE SIDE OF THE SCOOP HE SWUNG THE SCOOP AROUND AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

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