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Years on record
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March 26, 2007 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patriot Mining Company LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was checking the oil on his Cat 980-F loader at the end of the work day. When he closed the access door a piece of dirt flew up and lodged underneath the eye lid. He worked the next day and went to hospital ER after work and had the foreign object removed. No lost time.

November 30, 2006 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patriot Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While moving a Cat. D11 single flange roller onto a pallet, the middle finger of the right hand was pinched between the roller shaft and another roller causing a 3 cm laceration in the finger. Employee received 9 stitches and returned to work following the medical treatment.

October 4, 2005 WV · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patriot Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TABLE BUSHING OUT OF THE MECHANIC'S TRUCK. BUSHING SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BUSHING & THE TRUCK BUMPER.

September 29, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patriot Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on dozer and felt a pop in his right shoulder. Went to doctor next day and diagnosis was rotator cuff injury.

September 12, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patriot Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping lift a piece of feeder chain when he felt a sharp pain in chest and lower back. Employee had suffered a severe burn injury of the upper chest from an earlier accident.

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