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September 14, 1993 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BENT OVER MOVING HOSE. DUE TO THE PRESSURE IN THE HOSE, WHEN THE HOSE JERKED, IT ALSO JERKED HIM, CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.

August 24, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON D-9 DOZER. FOOT SLIPPED OFF TRUNION BALL ON TO GROUND. INJURED LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT.

April 16, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING OUT OF HIS DOZER TO SPOT A TRUCK EE SLIPPED OFF THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER & FELT SOMETHING SPRAIN/STRAIN IN HIS BACK

April 2, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS RIGHT SIDE ON THE GROUND. HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE GROUND. EMPLOYEES INJURY OCCURRED ON 4-2-93. EMPLOYEE DID NOT RECE IVE TREATMENT UNTIL 5-14-93.

March 18, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER STARTING THE LOADER, HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER TO THE GROUND, HIS FOOT TURNED UNDER AND HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

March 16, 1993 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Grafton Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK THAT WAS BEING LOADED WITH ROCK WHEN THE ROCKS WERE DUMPED IN THE BED OF EE TRUCK IT JARRED HIS TRUCK CAUSING EE TO BE JERKED AND STRAINED.

January 27, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF R-50 TRUCK, INJURED LEFT LEG SLIPPED THROUGHT HE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER, THUS INJURING THE BACK PART OF LEFT LEG (CALF). INJURY CAUSED BRUISE ONLY, THE LEF T CALF, AT THE TIME.

January 9, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PUSHING A PIECE OF GALVANIZEDCULVERT INTO PLACE WHEN HE LOST IS FOOTING IN THE MUD & T WISTED HIS LOWER BACK

January 5, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall from machine

INJURED HAD BEEN WORKING ON CLUTCH ON BULK TRUCK, HE REMOVED FLOOR BOARD AND WAS WORKING ON THE CLUTCH FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF TRUCK, FROM THE RUNNING BOARD, LEANING INTO THE TRUCK. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE TRUCK, HE STOOD UP ON THE RUNNING BOARD, HS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL. WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, HS HAND HIT TRUCK OR GROUND ON BACKSIDE OF LEFT WRIST.

November 12, 1992 WV · Coal drill operator OTHER
Grafton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A D-9 BENCHING FOR THE DRILLS WHEN HE BECAME SICK TO HIS STOMACH GOT EXTREMELY HOT SWEATING ETC AND SAT DOWN ON ROCK FOREMAN OTHER EE WAS NOTIFED AND RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY O THER AND TWO DRILLER WALKED EE TO FOREMAN S TRUCK WHEN HE COLLAPSED EN ROUTE TO TRUCK.

November 11, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE JUMPED FROM DOZER HE WAS OPERATING WHEN A ROCK TRUCK TUREND ON ITS SIDE DUMPING THE MATERIAL ON THE DOZER HE WAS OPERATING JUMP CUASED STINGING AND FULLNESS IN 4 GROIN.

October 9, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF THE LOADER HIS RING GOT CAUGHT ON LADDER, INJURING HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER.

September 22, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS PULLING ON TOW CABLE WITH INJURED WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AROUND THE BELT AREA OF HIS STOMACH.

September 8, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHECKING ANTIFREEZE IN HIS DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO TWIST HIS BACK.

August 19, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall from piled material

I.NAME SPOTTING 777 TRUCK DRIVEN BY ANOTHER EMPL. TRUCK VEERED TOWARD EMPL STEPPED BACKWARDS ONTO A ROCK,IT GAVE WAY AND I.NAME WENT OVER THE HILL 5' WITH THE ROCK LANDING ON LEFT LEG.

December 31, 1991 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Grafton Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED TURNER FILED A OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM 12-91.

October 21, 1991 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grafton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ENPL FILED HEARING LOSS CLAIM WHICH WE RECEIVED 10/21/91.

August 20, 1991 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB DOWN A LADDER OFF A ROCK TRUCK,SLIPPED ON RING OF LADDER.

August 2, 1991 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BOLT FROM A FUEL TANK ON A ROCK TRUCK WITH A RACHET. WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIS MOMENTION CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT EYE BROW ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK.

September 10, 1990 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING BAGS OF SODA ASH BRICKETS TO DUMP IN STREAM STOOPED OVER, TWISTING TO RIGHT AND OPENING BAG, TURNED TO LEFT AND TWISTED BACK.

July 18, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BED OF THE FOREMAN'S PICKUP TRUCK AND FELL WHEN CLIMBING OVER TAILGATE.

April 26, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNED ANKLE AFTER STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK ON UNEVEN GROUND

December 21, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIDING DOZER IN SOLID ROCK WAS RIPPING WI TH RIPPER

October 20, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall from machine

PLACED FOOT ON TIRE WHILE CHECKING OIL LEVEL IN ENGINE. FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING FALL ONTO RIGHT ARM.

September 12, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIE ROD END SMASHED AND CUT FINGER AGAINST STEERING JACK OF ROCK TRUCK WHEN MAKING REPAIRS.

January 16, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKUP TAILGATE DROPPED ON LEFT RING FINGER. MASHED AND CUT FINGER.

August 26, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grafton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FILED HEARING LOSS CLAIM.

July 27, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Grafton Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FILED BLACK LUNG CLAIM.

July 1, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grafton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FILED HEARING LOSS CLAIM.

May 20, 1988 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Grafton Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING LOWER CONTRTOL ARM ON EUCLID TRUCK GREASE BEHIND ARM GOT HOT & EXPLODED BLOWN ONTO FACE & ARM NECK & HANDS

March 8, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grafton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FILED HEARING LOSS CLAIM.

December 11, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grafton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME FILED ST5TE OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM HAS NOT WORKED FOR GRAFTON SINCE 1-15-87

November 12, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Grafton Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME FILED ST5TE OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM HAS NOT WORKED FOR GRAFTON SINCE 1-15-87

October 28, 1987 WV · Coal DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grafton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME FILED FO9 STATE OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS HAS NOT WORKED FOR GRAFTON SINCE 5-12-86

October 28, 1987 WV · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Grafton Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME FILED ST5TE OCCUPATIONAL PNEUEMOCONIOSIS CLAIM HAS NOT WORKED SINCE 5-12-86

August 12, 1987 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Grafton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LE5ELING UP CARRIAGE ON AUGER & HIT HIS FOOT.

February 17, 1986 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING BAGS OF FERTILIZER & PULLED BACK

November 11, 1985 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Grafton Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON TUBE, FIRE BLEW OUT HOLD AND BURNT PALM OF LEFT HAND.

August 26, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Grafton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SULFUR BALLS OFFTHE BELTLINE AND LUMP OF COAL HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING ABRUSION AND FRACTURE.

July 18, 1985 WV · Coal loader head operator, roscoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT FINGER ON LOADER AS HE WAS CLINBING OFF WATER TRUCK.

June 3, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Grafton Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

AN THE TRUCKING EMPLOYEE WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR FOR GRAFTON COAL COMPANY WAS TRAVELING DOWN A HAUL ROAD WHEN THE FORD TRAILER TRUCK CAME OUT OF GEAR THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO THE TRU CK INTO GEAR AS IT WAS MOVING HE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE TRUCK INTO GEAR AND IT BEGAN TRAVELING AT AN UNCONTROLLED SPEED. THE TRUCK TRAVELLED APPROX. 1000 FT AND OVERTURNED.

September 11, 1984 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Grafton Coal Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME HELPING I.NAME REMOVE ROCK FROM PICKING TABLE USING PRYBAR AFTER THEY WERE DONE I.NAME CAME OFF PICKING TABLE AND THREW BAR DOWN ON FLOOR.IT GLANCED OFF FLOOR AND HIT LEFT LEG.

August 30, 1984 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grafton Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MUD & WATER ON DRILL BENCH RIGHT AFTER SEVERE STORM & EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN HOLE

May 9, 1984 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grafton Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS POSITIONING A PIECE OF STEEL ALONG THE SIDE OF A ROCK TRUCK BED. WASHER PULLED LOOSE & THE PIECE OF STEEL FELL STRIKING EE ON THE ELG.

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