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July 24, 1985 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RAM CAR OBSERVING TIMBERING OPERATIONS IN THE LEFT CROSSCUT AND AS THE OPERATOR OF THE TRACTOR/RAM CAR BACKED UNDER THE LOADING BOOM OF TH E MINER, LOCATED IN THE HEADING HE RAN OVER BOTH I.NAMES FEET

October 1, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON AN OLD SECTION BREAK OUTBY SPAD NO.247 AND THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT THE FALL WAS 20 FT WIDE BY 20 FT LONG BY 5 FT THICK THE FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO.5 HANDING.

June 8, 1984 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED HIS KNEE TO SWELL.

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