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April 5, 1989 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Double J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM BELTLINEWHEN HE PULLED THE ROCK UP WITH HIS LEFT HAND THE BELT CAUGHT THE ROCK THEREFORE PINNING HIS HAND AGTAINST THE TOP BETWEEN THE ROCK CUTTING THE LITTLE FINGER & THE ONE NEXT TO IT OFF ON THE LEFT HAND

March 15, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER PINNED HIM UP AGAINST THE RIB.

November 29, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Double J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CUT LEFT SIDE WAS BACKING OUT OT CUT RIGHT SIDE WHEN PC OF DRAW ROCK FELL FORM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EMP SHOULDER ANDC BACK.

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