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July 19, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B R D Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAKING BELT SPLICE STRAINED BACK

March 30, 1990 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
B R D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIDING TOWARD THE FACE WHEN UNDER MINER CABLE ANCAUGHT HIM ON ROW HIT OUT OF SCOOP DIPPER

March 21, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B R D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

GETTING PIECE OFF PINNER AND PIECE OF ROOFBOLT.ROCK HIT HIM IN LEG.

November 3, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
B R D Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK JAMMING HIS HEAD INTO THE ROOF

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