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September 20, 1999 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calvary Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING HIS FOREHEAD ON A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE. THIS INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES.

March 11, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Calvary Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HAVING BACK PAIN ON THE DATE STATED IN ITEM 6.

May 18, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE & CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING SEAT FROM 410 BACK HOE & REPAIR TRANSMISSION. WHILE REMOVING SEAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

March 30, 1998 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE INSTALLING A CLEAN UP PUMP ON THE FLOOR INJ EE PICKED UP A 90DEG ALL AND FLANGE AND TURNED TO HAND IT TO OTHER EE AND THIS RESULTED IN EE PULLING ON MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

December 15, 1997 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING BACK HOE OPERATOR MOVE SOME PARTSBEHIND WASHER WHEN THE BUCKET SWUNG AROUND AND HIT HIM IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS BRUISED ANDSORE. HE WILL RETURN TO WORK 12/18/97.

June 16, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS GREASING A BEARING ON THE UNIT TRAIN BELT, WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF STEEL CAUSING A 1" TO 2" GASH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. THIS RESULTED IN EE RECEIVING TWO METAL STAPLES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

September 4, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HAD BEEN ASSISTING W/ THE INSTALLATION OF AN OVERHEAD PIPE LEADING TO A SLURRY SUMP. ASTHE PIPE WAS BEING POSITIONED INTO PLACE INJUREDSTEPPED AWAY FROM THE SUMP BY WALKING ON H-BEAM. INJURED THEN STEPPED OFF THE H-BEAM ONTO A WOODEN 2"X 6" BOARD(WAS LAYING ACROSS TWO H-BEAMS). WHEN EE STEPPED ON THE BOARD, IT BROKE AND EE FELL APPROX 14 FT & 8 IN DOWN TO THE GROUND LEVEL.

May 8, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS INSTALLING NEW BOLTS IN A HYDRAULIC CYCLINDER OF A KOMATSU EXCAVATOR WITH A 3/4 INCH RATCHET AND SOCKET. THE RATCHET SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT STRIKING INJURED ON HIS RT FRONT TOOTH, BR EAKING THE TOOTH.

February 29, 1996 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED WHEN HE WALKED TOWARDS HEAD TANK OVERFLOW VALVE TO ADJUST WATER HE FELL THROUGH GRADING INTO #2 CYCLONE SUMPWATER.

January 10, 1996 KY · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAS AGREED TO A LUMP SUM SETTLEMENT ON HIS RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

December 28, 1995 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER WORKING FOR 2 1/4 HOURS IN THE WASH BOX MAKING REPAIRS. HE WAS BENDING & KNEELING IN VARIOUS POSITIONS.

December 23, 1995 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
New Horizons Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE AGREED TO A LUMP SUM SETTLEMENT OF HIS CLAIM FOR RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

December 22, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
New Horizons Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEYUMOCONIOSIS.

December 20, 1995 KY · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

November 29, 1995 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS LIFTING A CAN OF COAL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN THROUGH HIS LEFT ARM AND CHEST.

November 9, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS LIFTING THE COUNTER WEIGHT ON THE #2 REFUSE BELT. EMP HAD 3 TON HOIST ATTACHED TO A HOLEIN BEAM. THE HOLE IN BEAM BROKE OUT AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL ABOUT 4'. LATER IN THE SHIFT, HE STAR TED HAVING PAIN IN BACK AND RT HIP AND LEG.

October 14, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THEY WERE REMOVING BEARING HOUSING FOR THE AUGER SHAFT BY HAND AND WHEN THE BEARING HOUSING CLEARED THE STUD BOLTS, IT DROPPED DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING ON A PIECE OF ANGLE WHICH WAS A PA RT OF THE SUPPORT FOR THE PLATFORM THEY WERE STANDING ON, RESULTING IN A CRUSHED FRACTURE AND PARTIAL AMPUTATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER DISTAL END AT FIRST KNUCKLE JOINT.

October 12, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Struck against a moving object

WATER TRUCK DRIVER WAS INJURED WHILE DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SECTION OF ACCESS ROAD WHEN HE BOUNCED AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK. THIS RESULTED IN BACK PAIN WHICH TEMPORARILY IMMO BILZED THE DRIVER. HE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS BACK AND RIGHT SIDE.

September 11, 1995 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
New Horizons Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS AWARDED PERMANENT DISABILITY WORKERS COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR INJURY & COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

September 10, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT WHILE PUSHING COAL WITH DOZER, HE STEPPED UP ON STOCKPILE TO A HIGHER BENCH TO PUSH COAL. EE STATED WHEN HE BACKED UP HE BACKED UP TO FAR AND THE DOZER HIT ON THE LOWER BENCH CA USING PAIN IN LOWER RT BACK AREA.

August 31, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crockett Collieries (Ky) Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED HE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF A 988-B END LOADER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOR SLIPPED.WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED AND INJURED STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE .

August 15, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
New Horizons Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS AWARADED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCOMIOSIS.

August 15, 1995 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
New Horizons Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE HAS BEEN AWARDED RETRAINIGN INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR HIS CLAIM FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

August 15, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
New Horizons Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP HAS BEEN AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

August 15, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
New Horizons Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE HAS AGREED TO A LUMP SUM SETTLEMENT FOR HIS CLAIM OF RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

August 15, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
New Horizons Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR CAO WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

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