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February 19, 1987 WV · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rand Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRAMMING3UP TOWARD FACE AND CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN LOADER SEAT AND RIGHT RIB.

February 10, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Rand Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND A MANTRIP . MANTRIP WAS TURNED TO COME OUTSIDE AT CLOSE TO SHIFT ENDING OPERATOR OF MANTRIP HANDED INJURED PERSON A PART TO LAY ON ROOF BOLTER BEF ORE COMING OUTS3DE AND HIT CONTROL PEDAL ON MANTRIP WHICH WAS NOT DE-ENERGIZED.

January 23, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rand Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK3FELL OUT BETWEEN COAL RIB AND THE BACK AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN.

January 7, 1987 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rand Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING GROUN8 BELT HEAD SHOVEL SLIPPED AND FOULED SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS USED AS A BROCKET FOR A SCRAPER ON BELT DRIVE.

December 19, 1986 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Rand Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS HELP3NG A PINNER & REACHED & GRABBED DRILL STEEL & HAD RUBBER GLOVES ON & THEY STUCK TO S TEEL THEREFORE TWISTED HAND & RIPPED GLOVE OFF OF LEFT HAND BREAKING LITTLE FINGER.

December 12, 1986 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rand Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

RECONDITIONED E0UIPMENT WAS TAKEN UNDERGROUND TO START MINING A NEW SECTION. OPERATOR WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR S/N ET 14034 TRAM CONTROLS STUCK AND OPERATOR GOT FOULED AGAINST RIB, DAMAGE WAS D ONE TO OPERATOR2S LEFT ARM.

November 7, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rand Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING BELT 5IFTED MUD AND COAL TO TOP BELT AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.

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