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December 8, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Corp · Struck against a moving object

SITTING IN DUMP TRUCK BEING LOADED. TRUCK TWISTED AND SHOOK WHEN LOAD DUMPED INTO TRUCK BED.

June 8, 1993 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Corp · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING 85 TON DART PUTTING FINAL GRADE ON DAM BACKED TRUCK OVER THE SLOPE EDGE

February 19, 1993 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING BOBCAT- LATCH FELL STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF HEAD.

August 28, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Corp · Fall from machine

54736YEE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK UP RAMP. TRUCK ENGINE DIED, EMPLOYEE HIT THE BRAKES. HE WAS AFRAID THAT THE BRAKE WASN'T WORKING AND HE JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK.

February 2, 1990 KY · Coal coal strip operator POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Corp · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING BACKDUMP, MOTOR DIED, TRUCK ROLLED BACK DOWN THE RAMP AND TURNED OVER.

January 11, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Corp · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED OFF THE TAIL OF A 175 BELT HIT EMPLOYEE AND CUT HIS NOSE.

July 9, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING PUMP HOSE INTO LOADER BUCKET OPERATOR LOWERED BUCKET TRAPPING INJURED MANS FOOT BREAKING 1 TOE AND LACERATING FOOT

March 13, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Corp · Struck by powered moving object

HE WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 13 AND THE TRUCK HAD TWO BLOW OUTS AND BECAME HARD TO STEER AND THE TRUCK TURNED OVER.

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