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January 26, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Top Job Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CROSSING BETWEEN SCOOP AND TAIL GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN SCOOP AND TAIL PIECE.

December 2, 1983 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Top Job Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIN FOOT ON TOP WHILE RUNNING A SCOOP.

November 16, 1983 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Top Job Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GOING BACK TO MINER TO GET A LOAD OF COAL; THE TOP CAUGHT KNEE PAD AND PULLED KNEE ON TOP OF SCOOP.

November 7, 1983 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Top Job Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN A STEEL PIPE AND A PUMP

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