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March 29, 1994 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bar-B Trucking Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE GOT PLASTER IN RIGHT EYE WHILE PLASTERING A STOPPING.

January 21, 1994 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bar-B Trucking Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEERING LOCKED UP ON SHUTTLE CAR AND HE HIT THE STICK THE BREAK IT LOOSE.

January 18, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bar-B Trucking Inc · Fall onto or against objects

GOING UP STEPS TO LAMPHOUSE SLIPPED AND ICE AND SNOW AND FELL.

December 27, 1993 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bar-B Trucking Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING AND PUSHING/PULLING MINER CABLE HURT LOWER BACK.

December 12, 1993 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bar-B Trucking Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BAGS OF ROCKDUST... HURT BACK.

December 6, 1993 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bar-B Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINNING TOP - GOT FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND TOP.

November 17, 1993 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Bar-B Trucking Inc · Struck against stationary object

RUNNING SCOOP IN REVERSE-GOT CAUGHT BY BUGGY CABLE AROUND NECK STRAINED NECK MUSCLES.

November 4, 1993 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Bar-B Trucking Inc · Struck against stationary object

PINNING TOP JAMMED HEAD AND NECK INTO TOP.

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