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November 9, 1995 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bell Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING BELT SO SCOOP COULD GO UNTER IT &SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

July 28, 1995 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bell Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING DRAWROCK OFF CONTINUOUS MINER WITH SLATE BAR & CUT LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB & FOREFINGER

April 28, 1995 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Bell Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPEATING ROOF BOLTER, HAD DRILLED HOLE, INSERTED GLUE & WS IN ACT OF INSERTING 5' ROOF BOLT INTO ROOF. EE HAD POSITIONED ROOF BOLT WITH RITH HAND OVER DRILL HEAD TO PUSH UPWARD INTO HOL E. EMPLOYEE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL HEAD & ROOF BOLT.

April 17, 1995 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bell Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. WHILE BENDING A ROOT BOLT FOR INSERTION INTO ROOF HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

April 5, 1995 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bell Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF BOLTER WAS BEGINNING BLOTING CYCLE IN FACE OF #3 HEADING. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN ATRS & ROOF BOLTER & STRUCK INDIVIDUAL ON FOOT [RIGHT].

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