Mining Incidents

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June 27, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shenandoah Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS GETTING OFF SHUTTLE CAR & GOT H IS FOOT HUNG IN PEDAL & T WISTED HIS FOOT

May 31, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shenandoah Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING A HYD HSE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT A PLACE ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.

April 29, 1988 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Shenandoah Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPL WAS CHECKING OUT TRIP UNITS ON UNDERGROUND POWER BOX OUTSIDE BEFORE WE WERE TO TAKE IT UNDERGROUND. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WIRE ROPE & IT FLIPPED UP INTO CATHEAD & GROUNDED IT FROM PH ASE TO PHASE & BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND. HE CAME BACK & WORKED THREE SHIFTS AFTER HIS ACCIDENT.

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