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February 22, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

A rock fell out of the right side of a 992G bucket into the 777 truck bed, driven by the injured. The impact of the rock jarred the truck and the driver. The driver complained on the next shift of pain in the left shoulder and hip.

February 20, 2006 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was loading shot rock with a 992G and jarred the loader in some hard rock and hurt his lower back.

February 17, 2006 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE standing on the bus, which transports them to their equipment, when the driver went to slow down and hit the brakes injured was thrown into the windshield.

February 10, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dismounting a 777 rock truck to go to the restroom when he stepped off the ladder and twisted his right knee. He continued to work the rest of the shift on Friday and worked on Saturday. He went to the doctor on Sunday Feb 12. He did not notify his supervisor until Feb 23 that he had had medical attention.

January 3, 2006 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was fueling a 777D, when he went to remove the nozzle the hose stuck open letting fuel out, which hit him in the face. Fuel went in his eyes, mouth and nose.

December 28, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was filling the antifreeze tank, when he pulled the hose from the tank he got antifreeze in his eyes.

December 12, 2005 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was starting a 992D loader. When he went to dismount the loader, he slipped down the steps. It was snowing and the step were slick.

November 28, 2005 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered back pain as he climbed onto his 992G loader.

November 14, 2005 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a 777D rock truck when a loader put a large rock in the bed of his truck. The rock was off center, which caused the hauler to rock sideways. EE hit his left shoulder on the door post.

November 2, 2005 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was mounting a 988G Coal Loader when his hands slipped off the hand rails causing him to fall off the loader. He did not receive medical care or miss any time until November 6, 2005.

October 20, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was dismounting a 777D when his foot slipped off the step. Employee caught himself, hurting his back and stomach.

October 10, 2005 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was changing a tire on a truck. He lifted the flat, muddy tire to place it in the back of the truck, when he felt strained in the back and groin area. The condition worsened as the day when on.

September 22, 2005 WV · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was leaving the filter trailer. When she stepped onto the deck, a board broke causing her right leg to go through the deck.

September 6, 2005 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was driving a rock truck down a hill toward the Cedar Grove deep mine when his a rough spot in the road. Foggy conditions was present.

September 6, 2005 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was performing a pre-shift inspection on his 777 Truck. He claims his lower back was injured after straightening up from bending over to look at the under side of the truck.

July 15, 2005 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a 785 when the loader loading his truck hit his hauler with its bucket, jarring him.

June 21, 2005 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was pulling a fuel hose out to fuel the rock crusher, when he sprained the middle of his back.

April 29, 2005 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE loaded a rock in his bucket which was too large for his loader. The loader tipped forward and the rock fell out, letting the loader hit the ground. EE was not wearing his seat belt and was bounced out of his seat, striking his arm against the hand bar on the dash.

April 16, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A LOADER. AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE TWISTED OR PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

April 1, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE DOZER TRACK AND WAS BENDING OVER TO HAND A PRESHIFT TO A MAN ON THE GROUND WHEN HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.

March 29, 2005 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was loading a 992C bucket pin into a mechanic's truck by hand. The pin slipped and mashed his little finger on his left hand between the pin and the truck's tail gate.

March 11, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING UP ON A SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE TURNED TO CLIMB HIGHER, HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED.

January 11, 2005 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was transferring product from an anfo bin into a anfo truck, when the clam shell bucket on the anfo bin closed on his finger, cutting and breaking the ring finger on his right hand.

January 3, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee slipped while climbing on a 992G loader to repair an antifreeze leak. He tried to catch himself with his left hand. He thought it had only sprained his left wrist, and did not go to the hospital. However the wrist did not improve so he went to the doctor on January 6, 2005. His left wrist was broken.

September 14, 2004 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED HIS D10N DOZER OVER A WINDROW ANOTHER DOZER HAD MADE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 31, 2004 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Struck against stationary object

Employee bent down to look at the alignment of wheel to hub. He rose and hit his head on rotating pad of tire hand.

August 18, 2004 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH & CO-WORKER WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE A BEARING & PIN FROM THE DOG BONE ARM OF THE LOADER. AS CO-WORKER SWUNG THE HAMMER, IT SLIPPED STRIKING THE BRIDGE OF INJURED EE'S NOSE. IT WAS A GLANCING BLOW. IT CAUSED AN ABRASION & SWELLING OF HIS NOSE.

July 29, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped on slick coal surface & fell, landing on his left shoulder and elbow. He bruised his shoulder.

July 23, 2004 VA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was picking up and carrying metal brackets to install boggie pins in a D11 dozer's roller frame, when he pulled a muscle in his chest.

April 12, 2004 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT A DRIVE LINE FREE AND A SPARK WENT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND BURNED HIS EYELID.

April 6, 2004 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a hose clamp from an oil level sight glass on a 120 excavator when the screwdriver slipped and punctured his left hand.

February 6, 2004 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANICS WERE REMOVING COUNTERWEIGHT BOLTS ON A 345 EXCAVATOR, WHEN ONE OF THE MECHANICS DROPPED A PIPE WRENCH, WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE. HIS PUPILS WERE UNEV EN, SO HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

January 22, 2004 WV · Coal NO VALUE FOUND

EE SAID THAT A STEP WAS BROKEN WHEN HE GOT ON HIS TRUCK & THAT IT SHOOK HIM A BIT. AFTER TALKING TO HIM ON MONDAY, I FOUND OUT THAT HE THINKS HE MAY HAVE RUPTURED A DISC IN HIS BACK AND TORE A ROTATOR CUFF IN HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF.

July 30, 2003 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Carbons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM THE RAIL SIDE OF THE MAIN TRACK. IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVELING HE REPORTED GETTING A CATCH IN HIS BACK. HE DIDN'T MISS TIME OR RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. ON OCTOBER 13, 2003, HE CALLED AND SAID HE WAS CONTINUING TO HAVE PAIN FROM THE INJURY. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THAT DAY.

July 19, 2003 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EE WAS LOADING A C/02 BOTTLE IN STORAGE CABINET OF WELD TK. WHEN HE RAISED BOTTLE IN PLACE TO CHAIN IN PLACE HIS L.H. THUMB HIT SIDE OF CABIENT AND MASHED HIS THUMB.

July 17, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A BUSHING OUT OF A LIFT ARM PIT, WIND BLEW FLAME THROUGH BORE AND BURNT RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND RIGHT ARM.

July 2, 2003 VA · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-State Leasing Corp · Struck against a moving object

SEVERAL LARGE ROCKS WERE IN THE SPOIL BANK NEXT TO WORK AREA. ONE OF THESE ROCKS BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HAULER THAT WAS INVOLVED ON THE RIGHT BACK CORNER. NO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK, BUT THE IMPAC T INJURED THE DRIVER.

June 30, 2003 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS FILLING TANK WITH WATER. WENT TO GET DOWN OFF OF THE TRUCK AND THE PIECE OF METAL HE WAS HOLDING ONTO GAVE LOOSE, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP, CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WITH HIS LEFT HIP AND CUTTING THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.

June 25, 2003 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS USING A GRINDER WHILE WORKING ON A 992 BUCKET. SOMETHING GOT PAST HIS WELDING HELMET AND IN HIS LEFT EYE.

May 21, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CUTTING BUSHINGS OUT OF A D10R HOIST JACK AND INHALED FUMES.

March 19, 2003 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NO VALUE FOUND

HE WAS GETTING OFF HIS TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

March 17, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER SERVICING D11N AS HE WAS GETTING OFF OF DOZER HE SLIPPED AND LEG WENT BETWEEN TRACK AND PUSH ARM.

March 11, 2003 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Struck against a moving object

DOZER BACKING UP IN RUN RIGHT TRACK WENT UP ON A ROCK DOZER TURNED OVER ON LEFT SIDE. SEAT BELT CAUGHT OPERATOR AROUND MIDDLE. TOOK HIM TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED. THEY RELEASED HIM FROM EMERGENCY ROOM AROUND 4:00 AM ON 3/12/2003. EMERGENCY ROOM DR GAVE HIM A SLIP TO RETURN TO WORK ON 3/13/2003.

November 25, 2002 WV · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hollow Mountain Resources, Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SAID WHEN HE WAS GETTING OFF HIS TRUCK HE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HIP. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE X RAYS INDICATED A BROKEN HIP AND PELVIS.

September 18, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS REBUILDING ROLLER FRAMES FOR D11 TRACTOR. TAKING SNAP RINGS OUT OF BOGGIE PIN COVERS WHEN HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.

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