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July 25, 2012 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was stepping out of his service truck heard pop under right foot

July 18, 2012 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Coupling hose from an emulsion truck tanker was being detached, the driver did not allow time for the air to release from the hose when he uncoupled the connection thus being under pressure the coupling struck the driver in the side of the head, as a result the driver sustained a concussion.

July 18, 2012 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a piece of equipment and a port power bolt broke and came back and hit his hand.

March 5, 2012 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was loading and unloading water pumps and hoses and pulled the muscle in his lower back.

January 14, 2012 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Contract Mechanic was changing the track on a D-11 dozer and the track flipped over mashing his left index finger.

September 13, 2011 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was putting a roller on a D10R when the jack slipped letting the roller fall and smash his left ring finger.

June 25, 2011 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling a pump hose and the hose slipped out of his hand pulling his right shoulder.

April 9, 2011 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was working on the door of a D10 dozer, he removed the door & it slipped pinching his finger, he jerked his hand out from under the door cutting his right pinky finger.

March 7, 2011 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was preparing to weld a C-clamp, he sat the clap on a table to measure it and the clamp slipped mashing his right finger.

November 1, 2010 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was sliding a 4x8 screen and lifted up on it and pulled a muscle in his chest wall.

June 26, 2010 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Struck by flying object

He was driving an equalizer pin into an equalizer bar; a piece of the pin chipped off and went into the thumb on his left hand. He had to have the chipped piece removed from his finger.

January 18, 2006 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

He was pulling on dragline flywheel and pulled a muscle in his left shoulder.

October 29, 2005 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was running dozer, while ripping hard rock. The retainer holding the pin in the ripper tooth broke. He was unaware the tooth was hot; he attempted to drive the pin back into the ripper tooth and when his hand came in contact with the tooth, he burned his left hand.

December 14, 2001 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS LOADING AN IDLER FROM THE P&H DRAGLINE ONTO A TRUCK; THE IDLER SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER UNDER IT.

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