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January 24, 1987 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE WHEN THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE BELT IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND.

October 25, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS KNOC5ING OUT AN OVERCAST TO MAKE AN AIR CHANGE WHEN THE WALL KICKED BACK STRICKING ME ON THE LEFT KNEE, SLIDING DOWN HIS LEG AND PINNING MY LEFT FOOT.

September 25, 1986 OH · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WASUSING A WTER3JACK TO PUSH HEADGATE DRIVE JACK SLIPPED OUT & STRUCK HIS CHIN & SHOULER DENTAL EXAMINATION 092686

September 9, 1986 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SPLICIN1 A CABLE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS FINGER

August 29, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL TRYING TO 9EMOVE BENT ROOF BOLT FROM TOP USING WRENCH WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM OVER LEFT EYE.

August 26, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HOLDING3POST WHILE I.NAME WAS HITTING POST WITH AXE AND STRUCK HIS FINGER

August 13, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO SET A LEG JACK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE JACK.

July 14, 1986 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING 4IRE AS KNIFE CUT THRU WIRE EE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH HIS THUMB.

June 19, 1986 OH · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS JA7KING CAR ON TRACKJ WHEN JACK SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN CAR AND JACKS.

May 29, 1986 OH · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE 9ECOVERING RAILS, WHILE DRAGGING RAIL, IT BECAME WEDGED IN TURN, EMPLOYEE USED STONE BAR TO PRY RAIL LOOSE, RAIL SPRUNG CATCHING BOTH OF EMPLOYEES FEET UNDER RAIL.

May 29, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS JA7KING A SUPPLY CAR ON TRACK WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED CAUSING THE JACK BAR TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN THE NOSE.

April 24, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING IN PAN LINE OPERATING A PAIR OF COME A LONGS WHEN A PIECE OF STONE, WHICH HAD ALREADY FALLEN OUT OF THE TOP AND WAS RESTING ON ITS SIDE, ROLLED OVER ONTO THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG. 3

March 18, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING BANDS OFF OF SKID OF 5 X 7 S WHEN 4 OF THE 5 X 7S FELL OFF THE BMF STRIKING HIM ON THE TOP OF THE RT FOOT

February 1, 1986 OH · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS JA7KING LOWBOY ON TRACK WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED & BAR SLIPPED OUT STRIKING HIS RT CHEEK & RIGHT EYE

September 10, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OPEN BOLTER CABLE WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING PALM OF LEFT HAND.

April 29, 1985 OH · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A WATER JACK TO PUSH HEADGATE DRIVE OVER. AS WATER PUSHED HEADGATE HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DRIVE OF WATER JACK. PRESSURE CAUSED CRUSHING INJURY TO PALM OF LEFT HAND & LACERAT ION TO HAND & FINGERS.

April 27, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP WATER SPRAYS ON TOP OF SHEARER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

April 25, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING A LOWBOY BACK ON TRACK, JACK CAME TOWARD HIM CAUSING BAR TO THROW HIS ARM.

April 20, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS STANDING ON A SCAFFOLD REMOVING BOLTS FROM A BALL VALVE WITH 2 WRENCHES, AS HE APPLIED FORCE TO THE WRENCHES, THE BOLT BROKE LETTING THE WRENCH STRIKE HIM ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.

April 15, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS TEARING DOWN AN OVERCAST WALL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, SLEDGE WENT THROUGH THE WALL AND HIS HAND STRUCK AN EDGE OF A CONCRETE BLOCK.

April 10, 1985 OH · Coal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS JACKING A JEEP ON TRACK WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OUT OF THE POLE HOLDER AND STRUCK HIS CHIN.

April 4, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS HITTING A WRENCH WITH A HAMMER, MISSED AND STRUCK HIS FINGER.

April 1, 1985 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS REMOVING BROKEN BOLTS FORM A COAL SEPARATOR BY WELDING NUTS TO THE BROKEN BOLTS, WHILE USING A RATCHET TOOL ON THE NUTS, A NUT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE RATCHET TO STRIKE HIM IN THE F OREHEAD.

March 21, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS PUTTING A HARP ON A TROLLEY POLE WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL SPLINTERED OFF & WENT INTO HIS EYE.

March 19, 1985 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by flying object

VICTIM WAS MAKING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE SPLICE HIT METAL CRIMPER WITH HAMMER AND PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS HAND

March 12, 1985 OH · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS HOLDING BRATTICE CLOTH WITH HIS RT HAND & CUTTING IT WITH A KNIFE IN HIS LEFT HAND HE CUT HIS FINGER.

February 27, 1985 OH · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT TO SECURE A FISH PLATE,THE BOLT HEAD SNAPPED OFF AND FORCED HIS HAND TO THE MINE FLOOR.

February 23, 1985 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS RELEASING A SET COME-ALONG HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE WHEEL & PULLED HIS THUMB IN SMASHING HIS THUMB.

February 11, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS USING A STONE BAR TO CLEAR STONE FROM TAIL ROLLER, CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN STONE BAR AND BELT RAILING, BELT WAS NOT MOVING.

February 9, 1985 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS PRYING TROLLEY POLE BASE WITH A JACK BAR, IT SLIPPED AND HE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE.

January 2, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS USING SLEDGE IN TIGHT PLACE LAYING ON HIS SIDE PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK

December 26, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

VICTIM WAS KNOCKING OUT A BLOCK STOPPING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRAIN HIS BACK.

December 8, 1984 OH · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICITM WAS TIGHTENING UP ROCK BOLTS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF NUT AND HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN RATCHET AND RAMBAR

December 4, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS IN A SITTING POSITION ON KNEES ATTEMPTING TO CUT A POST SAW SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER

November 13, 1984 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM CHANGING ROTATION HOSE ON ROOF BOLTER WITH 18\\ PIPE WRENCH AND PUT PRESSURE ON WRENCH CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.

November 10, 1984 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS KNEELING ON DOZER TRACKS TAKING COVER OFF ENGINE AND WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE SHOP FLOOR.

September 18, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ASSISTING TO PIT A 4-WAY SWITCH ON A LOWBOY SWITCH WAS ATTACHED TO A SET OF COME-ALONGS & SLIGHTLY ELEVATED HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LOWBOY & SWITCH.

September 15, 1984 OH · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A SUPPLY CAR BACK ON TRACK WHILE PUSHING DOWN ON JACK BAR HE STRAINED NECK MUSCLES

September 8, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING PRY A 60 LBS. RAIL OVER WITH A LONG BAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 3, 1984 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT PERMANENT STOPPING CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE OF SLEDGE AND STOPPING SMASHING FINGER.

August 24, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS KNOCKING CLIP TIES OFF 40LBS RAILS WITH AN AXE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN SHOULDER

August 14, 1984 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WAS CHANGING HAND VALVE ON SHIELD AND WHILE POUNDING ON THE VALVE A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO HIS EYE.

August 8, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN WAS SHOVELING BELT FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WANTED TO GO OUT. WAS FIRST SHIFT WORKED THIS WEEK HAD RETURN TO WORK DOCTOR SLIP DATED 8-07-84 TO 08-08-84 FOR BACK STRAIN.

August 8, 1984 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING NEW ROLL OF BELT FOR BELT MOVE WITH A SET OF RED DEVILS CHAIN PULLED OUT F THE TOP LETTING THE BELT DROP ON THE SIDE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING

July 28, 1984 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by flying object

KNOCKING SPROCKET OFF TAIL SHAFT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND PIECE OF METAL FROM SPROCKET FLEW INTO HIS LEG.

July 27, 1984 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

DIGGING OUT MUD IN CONVEYOR OF MINER, SHOVEL SLIPPED ON FLIGHT AND HAND STRUCK BOOM OF MINER.

July 9, 1984 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TAKING 2\\ PIPE APART WITH 24\\ PIPE WRENCH AND WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

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