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September 27, 1991 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING SIDE OF BELT ON WASH PLANT. A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED OFF BELT, HIT HIM ON HEAD AND SHOULDERS, KNOCKED HIM DOWN.

May 20, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

STANDING BEHIND THE HOPPER SHOVELING TAIL WHEEL,PIT TRUCK DUMPING IN HOPPER,SOME COAL CAME OVER THE SIDE HITTING ON TOP OF HEAD.

October 16, 1987 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING WATER TRUCK, GOING DOWN INCLINE TO PIT. TRUCK STARTED GOING TOO FAST. INSTEAD OF HITTING BRAKE, HE TRIED TO SWITCH TO LOWER GEAR, COULDN'T GET IT BACK INTO GEAR. BY THEN H E WAS GOING TOO3FAST FOR BRAKES TO HOLD TRUCK, DROVE OVER SAFETY BERM AND ROLLED OVER.

August 6, 1986 IN · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING AT WASH3PLANT BY COAL STACKER,CAUGHT LEFT IN BETWEEN BELT AND BELT CLEANER.CUT OFF FINGERS DOWN TO FIRST JOINT ON LEFT HAND.

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