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March 11, 2004 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Minchar Coal Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was operating shuttle car when rock flew up and hit him in the mouth causing a laceration to his lip and chipped a tooth.

March 10, 2004 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Minchar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating shuttle car when rock fell and hit him on the right shoulder and side of face causing a contusion and sprained neck.

October 27, 2003 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LIFTED ROCK FROM BELTLINE, FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH, CAUSING AN ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCLE STRAIN.

September 24, 2003 VA · Coal

EE BUMPED HEAD ON BROW OF ROOF INSIDE MINE CAUSING PAIN IN THE NECK.

August 18, 2003 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS LIFTING SIDE RAIL OF MINER AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

May 19, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING BOX OF GLUE AND STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER

January 7, 2003 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator MACHINERY
Minchar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HANGING VENTILATION CURTAIN, HIS FOOT WAS STICKING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH CURTAIN, PINNER RAN OVER RIGHT FOOT CAUSING CONTUSION.

October 19, 2002 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Minchar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE NECK AND ANOTHER PIECE ROLLED OFF RIB AND CAUGHT HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING BRUISE.

August 2, 2002 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LOADING ROCK DUST BAGS, WHEN HE FINISHED HE FELT SEVERE PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG.

July 29, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK DUST AND BOXES OF GLUE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 1, 2001 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE THE EE WAS MOVING CABLE FROM THE ROADWAY, HE JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT THE RIB OF THE MINE CAUSING A PULLED NECK MUSCLE.

July 12, 2001 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING GARAGE TYPE DOOR OF SUPPLY BUILDING WHEN IT STUCK, ADDING ADDITIONAL FORCE TO LIFT, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 24, 2001 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THEWAY WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

August 1, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STRAIGHTENING A ROOFBOLT AND HAD ONSET OF BACK PAIN.

February 14, 2000 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Minchar Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES HE WAS ON MINER AND WAS JOLTED. (I DID NOT HEAR OF INJURY UNTIL 3-8-2000).

January 26, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PUTTING UP ROOFBOLTS AND STRAINED BACK.

August 27, 1999 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Minchar Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL CAME OUT AND HIT HIM ON THE LIP AND HAND.

March 8, 1999 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minchar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED; HE WAS LIFTING ROCK OFF A BELTLINE AND HURT HIS BACK.

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