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December 12, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ROCK DUS7ING BELT DRIVE. HE REACHED TOHIS RIGHT AND PICKED UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST TO THROW TO HIS LEFT SIDE. WHEN HE PUT THE FORCE BEHIND THE THROW, THE BAG BROKE AND THE FORCE FROM THE FORCE FROM THE3THROW THREW HIM AND CAUSED HIS KNEE TO POP AND LOCK UP.

April 17, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS MOV3NG MACHINE FORWARD IN FALSE BOTTOM. MACHINE TIRE GOT ON A ROCK CAUSING IT TO JUMP FORWARD, HITTING HIM ON THE KNEE.

February 27, 1986 VA · Coal MACHINERY
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED AS THE BREAK BETWEEN #4 & K#5 WAS BEING CUT THRU THE ROCK FELL CATCHING THE CONTINOUS MINER AND THE SHUTTLE CAR BEING LOADED THE FALL EXTENDED THROUGH THE CROSSCUT BEING C UT THRU ACROSS 7HE ENTRY INTO THE CROSSCUT TURNED TOWARD THE #6 ENTRY TRAPPING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE BEHIND THE FALL THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 90 FT LONG X 4 FT -10 FTWIDE X 2 FT - 5 FT THI

October 7, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

GOT LEATHER GLO5ES CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND WRENCH. THIRD BOLT PUT UP USING LEFT HAND TO HOLD BOLT IN PLACE AND USING PINNER WRENCH WITH LARGE HEAD ON IT. APPARENTLY BOLT HAD BURR ON IT AND CAUGHT GLOV9S, TWISTING HIS ARM.

August 20, 1985 VA · Coal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

INJURED WAS UND9R RIPPER HEAD TIGHTING BOLTS WITH A WRENCH AND SLEDGE HAMMER. HE SWUNG THE HAMMER, MISSED THE WRENCH, PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.

March 15, 1985 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS HEL1ING LIFT A WHEEL UNIT AND HOLDING IT IN PLACE WHILE THE BOLTS WERE STARTED. AS HE WAS DOING THIS, HE COMPLAINED IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

March 14, 1985 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WAL5ING FROM THE TAILPEICE TOWARDS THE FACE AND STEPPED IN A HOLE CONCEALED BY WATER.

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