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October 17, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Mill Creek Excavating Inc · Struck by falling object

Fueling rock truck. It had been raining, mud had caked under truck. Chunk of mud fell hitting him in head. No cuts, it was just pressure from the mud pushed head down causing pain in neck.

October 6, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Mill Creek Excavating Inc · Struck against a moving object

Loading rock truck & ran over rock when loader set down. Twisted back.

March 17, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

The driver went to downshift and got out of gear - couldn't get back in gear. Stitches to hand and head.

July 23, 1999 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck by flying object

COOOKING FOOD IN METAL BOX OVEN ON BED OFF CAT 777 TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FLIPPED LID OFF AMMO BOX TYPE OVEN TO CHECK FOIL BAG, PRESSURE IN FOIL BAG CAUSED EXPLOSION OF HOT JUICES TO SPASH FACE , NECK AND UPPER CHEST AREA.

November 16, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED PUSHING OVERBURDEN ON SPOIL DUMP, MATERIAL HAD SOME TREE TRUNKS IN MATERIAL. INJURED BACKED DOZER OVER TREE TRUNK CAUSING REAR OF MACHINE TO RISE UP THEN COME DOWN SUDDENTLY AGAINST R OCK BENCH CAUSING INJURED TO SUSTAIN JARRING BLOW TO LOWER BACK WHEN MACHINE STRUCK ROCK.

October 1, 1998 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & T Fuels Inc · Fall onto or against objects

LADDER ON ROCK TRUCK BROKE WHILE INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING MACHINE, CAUSING BRUISE TO RT SIDE OF ABDOMEN. NON-SERIOUS.

July 24, 1998 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENDING AT THE KNEES TO LIFT CHAIN.

May 25, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK.

April 1, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
T & T Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED PERSON PLACED HIMSELF IN DANGER AREA BY STANDING BETWEEN WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND FRAME WHILE REMOVING REAR WHEEL OF GRADER.

March 28, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WET HAND RAIL DUE TO RAIN, LEFT HAND SLIPPED FROM HAND RAIL PUTTING ALL BODY WEIGHT ON RT ARM & SHOULDER CAUSING PULL TO UPPER RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK.

March 11, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
T & T Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING DOZER UP A STEEP GRADE AND PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE MOTOR UNIT OF THE WIPER BLADE ASSEMBLY AND THE UNIT WAS OPERATIONAL. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WIPER ARM A ND WIPER TRANSMISSION.

March 3, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & T Fuels Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED DUE TO WET SNOWY CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WHILE SERVICING DRILL.

December 31, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PERSON WAS ASSISTING WITH INFLATING A TIRE ON A MACK SERVICE TRUCK WHEN WEAK AREA IN WALL OF TIRE FAILED AND THE PRESSURIZED ESCAPING AIR STRUCK INJURED PERSON IN CHEST AND ABDOMEN KNO CKING HIM BACKWARD.

November 24, 1997 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE MASHED HIS RING & MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF HIS MACHINE. HE HAD PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE HAND RAIL & WHEN THE DOOR OPENED, HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN HAND RAIL & DOOR.

November 14, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck against a moving object

PUSHING OVERBURDEN W/DOZER WHEN ROCK SLIDE FROM SIDE OF BLADE. OPERAATING BACKING UP RAN OVER ROCK CAUSING THE DOZER TO COME DOWN HARD JOLTING OPERATOR.

November 12, 1997 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK AND SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOF FIRST SHIFT. DURING THE TIME SAID EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A AM RADIO ANTENNA WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON FRONT OF CAB OF A 35 TON ROCK TRUCK.

August 21, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HYDROSEEDER DOING RECLAMATION WORK WHEN THE HOT SEED MIXTURE SEEPED INTO HIS RIGHT BOOT CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON THE DORSAL ASPECT OF RIGHT FOOT.

June 27, 1997 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING DRILL WHEN L. LEG SLIPPED AND FELL THROUGH OBSERVATION HOLE IN CAB. LACERATION L LOWER LEG FROM METAL CORNER. LACERATION 2.5-3 CM. LONG, 1 CM DEEP./

March 27, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP INSPECTING ROCK PILE WHEN ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMP ON LEFT HAND, RESULTING IN DEEP LACERATION TO PALM

May 6, 1996 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL ON D10N DOZER & IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRADDLING THE PUSH-ARM OF THE DOZER.

February 14, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ENDLOADER WHEN HE RUN MACHINE INTO A STRIPPED AUGER AREA, TWISTING AND CAUSING TRAMMA TO EMPLOYEE'S BACK.

August 21, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 773 HAULBACK ENGINE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL AGAINST THE CRIBBING UNDER THE TRUCK INJURING HIS BACK

May 11, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
T & T Fuels Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING HAULBACK TRUCK WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST AND SPRAYED HOT OIL ON TURBO CHARGER. TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS PUT OUT BY FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND DIRT. TRUCK MAY BE BEYOND REPAIR.

March 19, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER MONITORING A MINING BLAST EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE SEISMOGRAPH TO PUT IT IN THE TRUCK & TWISTED HIS BACK RESULT WAS STRAIN IN THE LOWER BACK

May 19, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF REFUSE DOWN HILL FROM APPOLO FUELS: HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE GEAR ON THE TRUCK, AND COULDN'T GET TRUCK BACK IN GEAR, OVERHEARED HIS BRAKES AND TURNED TRUCK UP ON IT'S SIDE.

January 8, 1993 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
T & T Fuels Inc · Struck against a moving object

UNDER POOR VISABILITY, THE EMPLOYEE BACKED DOZER OVER BANK AND DOZER ROLLED INTO PIT AREA. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO DOZER (ESPECIALLY ENGINE).

November 6, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE WORKING ON RECLAIMING HIS BACK SEEM TO HAVE BEEN STRAINED FROM LIFTING SACKS OF GRASS SEED.WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED UNTIL 11-09-92.

March 26, 1992 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PNEMOC-BLACK LUNG

March 26, 1992 KY · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PROLONGED BREATHING OF COAL AND ROCK DUST BLACK LUNG PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

March 14, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TONGUE OF LIGHT PLANT WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.

March 7, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE BACKING UP ON BULLDOZER HE BACKED OVER A LARGE ROCK AND JARRED HIS BACK INJURING IT.

February 7, 1992 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FOOT SLIPPED WHILE MOVING A WATER PUMP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AGAINST HIS PICK-UP TRUCK HE INJURED HIS BACK.

February 13, 1991 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SLIDING DOOR BECAME JAMMED. TRYING TO SHUT THE DOOR. WHEN THE DOOR CAME FREE, IT SHUT CATCHING THE END OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

May 23, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A WHEEL LOADER'S SEAT FOR REPAIR WHEN THE SEAT SUDDENLY CAME FREE, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE AND SHOULDER AREA. THIS CAUSED BRUISING OF THE FACE, AND NEC K AND SHOLDER STRAIN, POSSIBLY A PINCHED NERVE.

November 24, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET A 6" WATER PUMP WHEN HE LFTED A LARGE BUCKET OF WATER ABOVE HIS HEAD CAUSING A HERNIA IN HIS NAVEL.

November 26, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HIS BULLDOZER WHEN HE HIT A ROCK AND JERKED HIM, INJURING HIS BACK.

June 25, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BULLDOZER WHEN HE SUDDENLY HAD A HEART ATTACK.

April 29, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL INSTALLING3METAL FILTERS IN PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIP WHEN ONE FILTER SLIPPED AND CUT INTO EMPL LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER AT 2ND JOINT.

June 7, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS GREASING CUTTER HEAD WENT TO DISCHARGE GREASE LINE AND GREASE SHOT INTO RT EYE

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