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March 15, 2006 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Supply man was building a stopping. He cut a metal band which held a bundle of 6' solid concrete blocks together. When the band broke a 6' block fell and landed on his hand.

October 6, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DROPPED A PIECE OF METAL ON HIS HAND & CUT HIS FINGER.

June 19, 2004 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON OVERCAST, SMASHED FINGER WITH 6"SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK.

June 8, 2004 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Towing railbus outside, ee was holding pin with his rt hand, as they took the slack out of tow chain the pin smashed his little finger against frame.

May 12, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER OPERATOR WAS PULLING ROCK OFF MINER AND HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND NECK. HE HURT HIS BACK ON 5/12/03 BUT DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 5/21/03.

April 11, 2003 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK ON 4-11-03 LIFTING A BOARD. HE SAID HE HURT IT AGAIN WHILE PULLING BELT BACK TOGETHER BUT NOT SURE ON DATE. HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE HAD KIDNEY STONES ON 4-21-03. HE FILE D A COMPANY ACCIDENT REPORT ON 4-30-03. HE THINKS HE HAS A LOWER BACK INJURY.

October 25, 2002 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF THE DRIVER AND WENT INTO HIS HAND.

August 2, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES AND DROPPED A FEEDER FLIGHT ON HIS KNEE.

July 23, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS BUILDING STOPPING AND INJURED HIS BACK LIFTING THE CINDER BLOCKS.

October 30, 2001 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO GET A ROLL OF 6/3 ROOF BOLTER CABLE ON A SPOOL AND HE TRIED TO TURN & LIFT CABLE AROUND TO GET IT OUT AND RUPTURED.

July 12, 2001 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS KNOCKING A HOLE IN A STOPPING FOR VENTILATION PURPOSES IN AN AREA THAT WE HAD MOVED OUT OF. HE WAS USING A CINDER BLOCK TO KNOCK THE HOLE.

June 14, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS INSTALLING A CONVEYOR CHAIN IN A SHUTTLE CAR. HE WAS PULLING ONT HE CONVEYOR CHAINS WHEN STOPPED TO PUT A LINK UP ON THE CHAIN GUIDES. HE GOT UP UNDER THE SHUTTLE CAR TO BEAT THE LI NK OUT STRAIGHT AND WHEN THE CHAINS CAME LOOSE IT MUST OF HAD PRESSURE ON IT AND THE FLIGHT STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.

January 16, 2001 WV · Coal rock duster HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS CARRYING ROCK DUST TO BELT LINE WHEN HE THINKS HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK.

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