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June 15, 1984 WV · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING & STEPPED BACKWARDS INTO A DRILL HOLE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

June 6, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADER OPERATOR WAS MOVING HYD. OIL DRUMS (55 GAL) WITH HELP FROM I.NAME. LOADER OPERATORS HANDS SLIPPED OFF STEERING WHEEL AND LOADERS FORKS TURNED TOWARD MAN ON THE GROUND PINNING HIS FOOT BETWEEN LOADER FORKS AND HYD OIL DRUMS.

May 17, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS BOLTING, THE CANOPY OF THE OVER SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER BROKE AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD, CAUSING INJURY.

February 6, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATED HE WAS WELDING ON A PIPE THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST A SPOOL OF CABLE IN THE SHOP THE PIPE SLID DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND A HAMMER LYING ON THE FLOOR CAUSING INJ

January 3, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING BEHIND BOLTER WHATCHING CABLE AND GETTING READY TO MOVE BOLTER. BOLTER OPERATOR MOVED THE BOLTER BEFORE HE KNEW IT AND RAN UPON HIS FOOT WITH THE BUMPER OF THE MACHINE, CAUSING INJURY.

December 29, 1983 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING MOVE MINER FROM #1 ROOM TO #4 ROOM ON THE 1ST LEFT SECTION. HE HAD HUNG EXTRA CABLE ON THE BOOM OF THE MINER. THE MINER OPERATOR, ARLIE BARKER, PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE MINER, CATCHING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE RIB WITH THE BOOM OF THE MINER, THUS CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES.

December 12, 1983 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING HOLE WITH ROOF BOLTER BRINGING STEEL BACK OUT OF HOLE AND CAUGHT HIS RUBBER GLOVE CAUSING INJURY TO FINGER

October 14, 1983 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

OPERATING C.M. AND CANOPY DROPPED DOWN CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK.

July 16, 1983 WV · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE AND WITNESS STATED THAT GRADALL OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH GRADALL INTO SHOP REPAIR BAY60084C120183EMPLOYEE AND WITNESS STATED T BY USING BUCKET AND BOOM AGAINST BACK OF EUCLI D TRUCK. BOOM SLIPPED AWAY FROM TRUCK AND GRADALL ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO REAR OF EUCLID TRUCK, CRUSHING REAR CAB OF GRADALL IN WHICH OPERATOR WAS IN. GRADALL OPERATOR STATED THAT HE HAD NOT SE

May 12, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING DOZER AND A TRUCK WAS HAULING OVERBURDEN AND HAD A TREE STUCK OUT TO ONE SIDE HANGING OVER HE RAN INTO THE TREE BROKE GLASS IN THE CAB OF THE DOZER AND ST RUCK HIM IN THE BACK

April 5, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STGATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A ROOF BOLTER HOLDING THE DRILL STEEL FOR THE OPERATOR WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED DRILLING EMPLOYEES GLOVE HUNG ONTO THE STEEL TWISTING HIS FINGE RS AND HAND CAUSING INJURY

March 2, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WATCHING CABLE AS PINNER WAS BACKING OUT OF A PLACE. PINNER TURNED IN A BREAK AND THE TRS BAR CAUGHT HIS LEG AND PULLED HIM AGAINST THE RIB.

February 16, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF A HOLE HIT RT ELBOW ON CANOPY JACK CAUSING INJURY

January 13, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN THE ROOF AFTER HE DRILLED THE STEEL UP AS HIGH AS IT WOULD REACH HE PUT A WRENCH ON THE STEEL TO FINISH DRILLING THE HOLE THE WRENCH CAME LOOSE EEL STARTED SWINGING AROUND AND JERKED EMPLOYEES WRIST CAUSING INJURY

January 4, 1983 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING GRIZZLEY WITH SLATE BAR AND A LUMP OF COAL FELL FROM THE CRUSHER FEED BELT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN SLATE BAR AND COAL

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