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March 5, 2001 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE SEAT IN HIS LOADER WAS GIVING HIM LOWER BACK PAIN. NOTIFIED THIS OFFICE ON 3/14/01 OF HIS PROBLEM. LAST DAY OF WORK WAS 3/5/01.

February 24, 2001 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A 375 CAT HOE BUCKET. HE WAS CRAWLING UP AND OUT OF THE MACHINERY TO RELOCATE THE HOE BUCKET TO BE WELDED. EE PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS LEG AND HAS RECENTLY HAD LASER SURGERY TO HIS LUMBAR SPINE.

January 23, 2001 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CUTTING BOLTS OFF SCRAPER AND INHALED FUMES.

January 18, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF SHARP RUSTY GRATING SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST HIS LEFT FOREARM.

December 15, 2000 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

10 PERCENT AWARD FROM WV OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD.

November 8, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE A BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED & MASHED THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE WRENCH & A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON

October 24, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWISTED BACK WHILE LOGOING HYDRUALIC PUMP AND PRESS UNIT.

May 25, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING DOWN OVER ROCKS TO CHECK WATER PUMP IN PIT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND BROKE HIS ANKLE.

January 24, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

September 20, 1999 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LETTER DATE 9-20-00 STATING THAT HE RECEIVED ON AWARD OF 1.5% FROM WV WORKER COMPERSATION FOR HEARING LOSS.

August 24, 1999 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

5% AWARD FROM WV OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD.

June 29, 1999 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE CALLED THE SHOP TO HAVE A MECHANIC COME TO THE JOB SITE TO ADJUST HIS CLUTCH. HE WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ON THE THEIR WAY. WITHOUT WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ADJUST THE CLUTCH, HE MOVED THE TRUCK-JUMPED OUT-AND THE TRUCK UPSET.

March 30, 1999 WV · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

7.6% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

December 27, 1998 WV · Coal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A COAL TRUCK OPERATOR (CONTRACTOR) WAS HAULING REFUSE MATERIAL FROM THE PREP PLANT TO THE REFUSE SITE. AFTER DUMPING A LOAD THE DRIVER WALKED TO THE REAR OF TRUCK TO SE IF BED WAS EMPTY. A MAS S OF FROZEN MATERIAL SLID FROM THE TRUCK BED AND STRUCK THE DRIVER, AFTER THE DRIVER WAS EXTRACTED IT WAS OBSERVED THAT HIS LEFT LEG WAS AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE.

November 18, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS MOUNTING A D-40K DRILL WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MACHINE.

October 14, 1998 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED DOWN OFF HIS LOADER AS HE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IN THE PAST AND FELT SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG.

October 7, 1998 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF METAL AND FELT A CATCH IN HIS BACK.

July 30, 1998 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TOLD BY DR THAT HE HAS PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION CRAMPS IN THE LOW BACK.

June 10, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ASSISTING IN LIFTING ON ENGINE WHEN THE CHAIN BEING USED SLIPPED ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO SLIDE. THE ENGINE PINNED HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE ENGINE AND THE EQUIPMENT FRAME .

June 10, 1998 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM HIS LOADER WHEN HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE.

March 2, 1998 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO HIS TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS HANDHOLD AND FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS BACKSIDE.

January 23, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT TO PULLOPEN THE LID ON TOP OF THE POWDER TRUCK DUE TO ICE BUILD-UP ON THE DOOR IT DID NOT OPEN AND THE EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS BIECEP MUSCLE.

December 31, 1997 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

NOTIFIED BY LETTER DATED 1/12/98 THAT OUR EE RECEIVED A 15% AWARD FROM THE WC OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONEOSIS BOARD

December 30, 1997 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED DOWN FROM A LOADER BUMPER TO A TRUCK BUMPER, HE THEN ENTERED HIS TRUCK AND DROVE OFF AND THEN COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN. WE DID NOT FILE A REPORT BECAUSE WE DID NOT BELIEVE IT TO BE A JOB RELATED INJURY. WV COMP. DENIED THE CLAIM O3-17-98, THEN APPROVED IT ON 3-30-98. WE ARE NOT CONVINCED.

November 21, 1997 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER RAN OVER LUMPS OF COAL AND ROCK CAUSING A QUICK SHIFTING MEVEMENT OF THE CAB RESULTING IN A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

October 31, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-5% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

October 31, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-15% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

October 22, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-5.5% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

October 13, 1997 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-14.30% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

September 17, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-19.25% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

September 12, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-3.85% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

August 22, 1997 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE INSTALLING PRESSURE TAP IN AFTER COOLER ON 992B

July 15, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REMOVING A SECTION OF BROKE TREE THAT HAD GOTTEN OVER THE TOP OF THE BLADE HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE BLADE ADN THE TREE CAUSING A SEVERE CUT TO HIS LEFT THUMB.

March 27, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-10% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

March 13, 1997 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

RADIATOR BLEW ANTI FREEZE DOWN OVER THE FAN AND THE FUMES CAUSED HIS NOSE TO DRY OUT AND GAVE HIM A HEADACHE.

March 10, 1997 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-26.67% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

February 3, 1997 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-5%AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

December 4, 1996 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING SEALS IN A D10 DOZER A HAMMER BROKE WHICH CAUSED A METAL FRAGMENT TO IMPACT INTO THE CENTER OF HIS FOREHEAD.

November 8, 1996 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE FRINDING ON ALOADER BUCKET A SMALL SPEC OF METAL APPARENTLY PASSED UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND STUCK TO HIS LEFT YE ECAUSING A MINOR IRRATION.

November 1, 1996 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BUMPED KNEE CAP ON TRACK PAD OF DOZER ON 11-1. HE DID NTO REPORT THIS TO THE FOREMAN UNTIL TUES. 11-5 AND AT THAT TIME HE REQUESSTED PERMISSION TO GO TO THE DR. HE THEN LEFT WORK AT 1030.

October 10, 1996 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING A RUBBER HOSE WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE WENT THRU THE HOSE AND CUT HIS LEFT SMALL FINGER ALMOST 1/2 WAY OFF.

August 13, 1996 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE IN A HOLE. HE WORKED FOR FOUR DAYS BEFORE GOING TO A DOCTOR.

June 24, 1996 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RIPPING ROCK WITH A DOZER WHEN THE RIPPER SLIPPED OFF A SANDSTONE LEDGE CAUSING THE DOZER TO LUNGE BACKWARDS RESULTING IN SHIPLASH TO HIS NECK.

May 28, 1996 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING UNDER RAISED TRUCK BED WHENEVER A CONNECTOR RING FOR THE EXHAUST FALL OFF THE TRUCK. IN THE ATTEMPT TO JUMP THE EE S HARD HAT FELL OFF AND THE CONNECTOR RING STRUCK THE EE IN TH E HEAD. THE PIECE CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 4 STICHES TO SUTURE UP.

January 25, 1996 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. DID NOT NOTIFY HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 2-7-96.

January 13, 1996 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE & ONE OTHER PERSON LIFTER AN ADAPTOR FOR A LOADER BUCKET UP TO THE LIP OF THE BUCKET. EE SAIDHE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS BACK.

November 27, 1995 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY AND INJURED R. LOWER BACK.

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