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June 8, 1993 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WS OPERATING A SUPPLY MOTOR AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.

March 11, 1993 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL ON A BELT AND THE SHOVEL CAUGHT ON A BELT SPLICE AND KNOCKED HIM AGAINST A TIMBER.

March 11, 1993 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON BELT AND SHOVEL BOUNCED BACK AND HIT HIM IN HEAD.

March 2, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A TRACK JEEP THAT DERAILED CAUSING HIM TO INJURED HIS BACK.

February 18, 1993 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO HITCH A LOWBOY (CARRYING A COAL FEEDER) TO A TRACK MOTOR WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FEEDER AND THE TRACK MOTOR.

January 11, 1993 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. WHILE TRAMMING TRHU A CROSSCUT WHERE A STOPPING HAD BEEN REMOVED HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A BRATTILE BLOCK.

January 4, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS TRAMMING A SCOOP, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.

October 13, 1992 PA · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS RIDING ON A TRACK JEEP WHEN IT JUMPED TRACK CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS BACK ON THE EDGE OF THE SEAT.

September 22, 1992 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL DIRECTING OPERATION OF LOADING MACHINE WHEN THE LOADER HIT A X-BAR WHICH WAS LYING CLOSE BY CAUSING IT TO SWING STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT ANKLE. RECD MEDICAL TREATMENT.

September 11, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MAN STEPPING OVER A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHEN THE CAR STARTED UP THEREBY REELING UP ITS CABLE.EMPL TRIPPED BY THE CABLE AND KNOCKED DOWN STRIKING RIGHT LEG AND SHOULDER ON MINE FLOOR.

August 27, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

38504AN WAS PULLING CABLE WITH A ROPE HOOKED TO A SCOOP WHEN HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ROPE.

July 18, 1992 PA · Coal loader head operator, roscoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS RIDING ON A TRACK JEEP THAT DERAILED CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS LOWER BACK AND TAILBONE.

June 24, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING S/C OFF DUMP WITH ANTOHER S/C, CHAIN BROK STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT SHOULDER. DUE TO MINERS VACTION 6/26 THROUGH 7/13/92 AND FURTHER INVESIGATION THIS WAS DETERMINED TO B E LOST TIME.

May 20, 1992 PA · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A TRACK JEEP THAT DERIALED.

April 22, 1992 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY CAUGHT ON A RUN THROUGH CAUSING IT TO SPRING STRIKING EE ON THE FACE

April 8, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS SHOVELING COAL ON BELT SHOVEL CAUGHT SPLICE INJURING WRIST.

March 12, 1992 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPER SCOOP RAN OVER RAILS IN ROADWAY HIT HEAD ON SCOOP CANOPY

March 9, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL OPERATING S/CAR,HIT HEAD ON CANOPY.

February 3, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A S/CAR, HIT HOLE, HURT NECK.

January 9, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

OPER MOTOR HAULING SHIELDS MOTOR TRIP SLID ON OILY TRACK INJ MANS LOWER BACK WHEN TRIP DERAILED

January 8, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE MAN WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A CABLE FROM ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR, CAUSING HIM TO BE KNOCKED DOWN INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE AND LEFT LOWER LEG.

December 18, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL OPERATING A S/CAR,HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY INJURING BACK.

December 16, 1991 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS TRAMMING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS BACK.

October 30, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE BOUNCED IN HIS SEAT AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

October 23, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR,RAN INTO COAL RIB STRIKING LEFT RIBS ON STEERING WHEEL.

October 11, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHICH CAUSED TO BOUNCE IN HIS SEAT INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

October 1, 1991 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN STATES WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN OVER HOLE CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HEAD ON CANOPY TOP.

August 12, 1991 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP, MANTRIP HIT LOW JOING IN TRACK. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HEAD ON ON CANOPY OF MANTRIP.

July 22, 1991 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS MOVING S/CAR HGIT HOLE PAIN IN HIP AREA. DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 7/29/91.

June 3, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL SHOVELING ON BELTLINE,SHOVEL CAUGHT BELT AND HIT LEFT FOOT.

April 18, 1991 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS TRYING TO GET INTO A SHUTTLE CAR, WHEN HE SLIPPED UNDER THE CAR, CAUSING HIS FOOT TO BE RUN OVER BY THE SHUTTLE CAR.

March 13, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED MAN WAS TRAVELING UNDER A POWER CABLE WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR HE WAS OPERATING PULLED THE CABLE DOWN. THE CABLE STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH AND PULLED HIM OFF THE OPERATORS SEAT. HE HAS A BRU ISED MOUTH AND A NECK STRAIN.

February 28, 1991 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY ON THE CAR

January 25, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING THE MAN TRIP TRACTOR AS HE STARTED IN THE MINE THE TRACTOR RAN OVER A PIECE OF ICE IN THE ROADWAY. AS THE TRACTOR CAME BACK DOWN IT PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CAR CO UPLER AND THE PIECE OF ICE. LACERATED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE THE OPEN WOUND.

January 14, 1991 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN STATES HE INJURED HIS BACK ON A MOTOR THAT DERAILED.HE ALSO STATES THAT HIS BACK HURT WHILE HANDLING T-5 CHANNELS.

October 31, 1990 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A FLYBOARD AND THE END OF THE BOARD FLEW UP AND HIT HIM.

October 15, 1990 UT · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR CAME OPEN ON A 10SC CAR WHILE I NAME WAS AOPERATING THE CAR TO KEEP FROM FALLING OUT THE CAR HE PLACED HIS HAND ON TOP OF DOOR HINGE DUE TO POSITION OF CAR THE DOOR CONTINUED TO SWING OPE N CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR & FRAME OF CAR

September 20, 1990 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RAN OVER A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY.

September 7, 1990 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL UP,THEN RELEASED THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.INJURED WAS OPERATING THE MACHINE AT THE TIME.PAIN AND SWELLING TO RIGHT HAN D.HE WORKED UP TO 09-13-90.NOTE HE DID NOT REPOR THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 09-13-90.

September 6, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE WAS THROWN UP FROM THE SEAT AND JARRED HIS BACK.

September 6, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR,WHEN HE RAN OVER A TIMBER INJURING HIS BACK.

August 27, 1990 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A TRACK JEEP, THAT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER JEEP.

May 23, 1990 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INHALED SMOKE PUMP SENT SMOKE WHERE HE WAS WORKING

March 20, 1990 PA · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by flying object

THE MAN WAS RIDING ON A TRACK JEEP WHEN HE DEVELOPED EYE IRRITATION.

February 28, 1990 PA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS JACKING A CAR BACK ON TRACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE WHEELS ON CAR WITH A BAR THE CAR SHIFTED PINCHING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BET WEEN THE FRAME OF THE CAR & THE BAR

January 25, 1990 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A TRACK JEEP WHEN THE TIE DOWN CHAIN BECAME CAUGHT ON THE TRACK CAUSING THE JEEP TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP.THE MAN WAS THROWN FORWARD WHERE HE STRUCK HIS MOUTH AND HANDS O N THE JEEP.REPORTED TO ME ON 02-14-90 THAT THE DENTIST HAD TO REMOVE A TOOTH.

January 15, 1990 UT · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HOVELING COAL PILES ON MAIN SOUTH BELTLINE. SHOVEL CAUGHT EDGE OF BELT & FORCED SHOVEL BACK TOWARDS EMPL. BEFORE HE COULD LET GO OF HANDLE FORCE OF SHOVEL HAD BENT WRIST BEYOND NORMAL USE.

November 1, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Camp Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A S/CAR, SAID HE PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

October 10, 1989 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by flying object

THE MAN WAS OBSERVING A SCOOP WHILE CLEANING UP A ROOF FALL THE SCOOP CAUGHT ON A MESSENGER LINE CAUSING THE LINE AND A CHAIN TO FLY STRIKING THE MAN ON THE FACE.

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