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May 29, 1985 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
R A P Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

MAN WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF HE HAD CORRECT VOLTAGE. HIS METER WAS SET ON OHMS. SCALE, INTURN ARCHED PHASE LEADS TOGETHER.

May 8, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
R A P Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STANDING NEAR ROOFBOLTER AND WHEN MACHINE WAS MOVED,VICTIMS LEFT FOOT WAS RUN OVER.

November 5, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
R A P Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLING COAL AND THE DRILL HUNG UP AN STRUCK HEAD

April 9, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
R A P Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS DRILLING COAL USING A HYDRAULIC HAND HELD I,NAME DRILL. HE STATED THAT HE PULLED HIS BACK. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND ASLO HIS NEXT REGULAR SHIFT ON THE 4-10-84.

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