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March 7, 2003 WV · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management

WHILE GETTING OFF THE D6 DOZER, HE SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE HAD PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK, HE ALSO HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG AND RIGHT KNEE.

February 21, 2003 WV · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING HEAVY BAGS OF REFUGE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ELBOW. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 3/11/03 AND HAD AN X-RAY. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 3/11. POSTED AT SITE.

January 2, 2003 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS GETTING OFF THE TRAIN, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

February 27, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE FELL OFF AN ENDLOADER TIRE WHILE HE WAS CHANGING OUT AN AIR FILTER.

July 29, 2000 WV · Coal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER ON THE CONE OF THE SILO TO GET COAL TO FEED THRU IT. AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RT. SHOULDER.

May 16, 2000 WV · Coal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

LOADING COAL SAMPLES IN PICKUP TRUCK-EE TRIED TO STEP INTO PICK UP TRUCK USING REAR STEP BUMPER FOOT SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER ON TAILGATE.

October 4, 1999 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM THE REFUSE TRUCK, EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

January 15, 1999 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS WALKING BY THE TIRE CAGE AND THE TIRE HE HAD JUST PUT AIR IN BLEW UPP. THE CONCUSSION OF AIR ONLY, KNOCKED HIM DOWN.

September 16, 1998 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS ABOUT TO TIGHTEN THE RADIATOR CAP ON THE D-8 DOZER WHEN THE CAP BLEW OFF SPRAYING HIM WITH ANTI-FREEZE.

May 5, 1998 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE REFUSE TRUCK AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING. THERE WERE NO APPARENT INJURIES CONTUSIONS OR CUTS. HIS BACK WAS ACHING SOME AND GETTING S TIFF.

January 2, 1998 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS FUELING UP THE REFUSE TRUCKWHEN HE SLIPPED IN TEH MUD AND SNOW, HE FELL ON THE GROUND INJURING HIS TAILBONE AND HIP.

December 16, 1997 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WA SWORKING ON A PIECE OF METAL CONDUIT IN THE PREP PLANT AND AS HE GOT UP, HE WALKED INTO A PIECE OF THE CONDUIT THAT WAS HANGING ABOVE HIS HEAD. THE METAL CONDUIT STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE AN D FOREHEAD.

August 13, 1997 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE PUTTING BOTTOM ROLLERS ON THE BELT STRUCTURE OF THE REFUSE BELT LINE.

March 13, 1997 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Virginia Crews Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-THIS WAS THE DAY THAT HIS HEARING CLAIM WAS AWARDED FROM COMPENSATION.

January 14, 1997 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HE WAS USING A PROPANE TORCH A FOOT HANDLE WITH A TORCH END THE TORCH END BECAME TOO CLOSE TO THE BELT ROLLER KNOCKING THE TORCH END AGAINS THE ROLLER AND THE OTHER END HAND PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE WALK WAY STRUCTURE.

January 7, 1997 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Virginia Crews Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-THIS WAS THE DAY OF HIS DIAGNOSIS FOR HIS HEARING LOSS AND THEN WAS AWARDED FOR THIS CLAIM IN 1997.

June 5, 1996 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING ON RR TRACKS, HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE FELL ON THE SIDE OF HIS RT FOOT.

February 24, 1996 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CLIMBING UP ON THE HYDROSEEDER TRUCK TO CHECK THE ENGINE OIL. KNEE TWISTED WHEN HE PUT HIS WEIGHT ON IT.

February 13, 1995 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE SECTION MANTRIP RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE TWO MAN PERSONNEL CARRIER. THE IMPACT JERKED HIS NECK AND BACK.

November 5, 1994 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHIPPING RUST OFF THE PREWET SCREEN AND HAD RUST DUST PARTICLES ALL OVER HIM. HE BEGAN TO WIPE HIMSELF OFF AND RUBBED RUST OVER HIS EYE.

October 5, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE BANGED HIS SHOULDER AND BACK INTO CANOPY BY RAISING UP TOO FAST.

August 10, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN BOOM END OF ROOF BOLT

November 29, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AFTER HE GOT OFF THE DOZER HE TOOK A COUPLE OF STEPS AND SLIPPED AND FELL. THE REFUSE HAD A LAYER OF FROST ON IT AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING.

September 16, 1993 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE FUELING LOADER FROM SECOND STEP ON THE LOADER.

June 21, 1993 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE JUMPING OFF SCREEN ONTO FLOOR HE INJURED HIS LEFT FOOT

March 12, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE COMING OUTSIDE ON THE MANTRIP, A PIECE OF TOP, PARTICLE, FELL INTO HIS EYE.

March 5, 1993 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF ROOF BOLTING, E HAS THE BEND 48" BOLTS. DURING THIS OPERATION HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

February 9, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS BOUNCED IN HIS SEAT WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIS SIDE BEGAN TO ACHE. CONTINUED TO WORK FOR TWO MORE DAYS AND THEN WENT TO HOSPITAL AND IS STILL OFF WORK.

December 1, 1992 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO PICK UP THE HANDLE ON THE R.R. CAR UNCOUPLER THAT HAD BECOME UNATTACHED. IT WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND, AND AS HE STARTED TO PICK IT UP, THE HANDLE TURNED, SLAPPED HIM ACROSS THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND.

September 16, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

OTHER CONTRACTOR WHO HAULS REFUSE FROM PREP. PLANT WAS HAULING REFUSE TO THE REFUSE DUMP WHEN HE DROVE INTO THE SIDE OF OUR D-7 DOZER. EE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOZER WHEN THE DOZER WAS STRUCK. OTHER STRUCK THE DOZER BLADE, BREAKING IT LOOSE FROM THE DOZER. THUS THE BLADE STRUCK EE ONT HE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOZER KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS FOR SEVERAL FEET, BUMPING HIS HEAD LEFT L

August 24, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING LOADER DOGBONE BORE ON DRAGLINE BROKE.

May 29, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE KOMATSU ENDLOADER, HE STRETCHED TOO FOR WHILE CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD.

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