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EE WAS DRIVING MANTRIP ACROSS SECTION AND HIT HIS HEAD ON LOW HANGING CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TOWING A SHUTTLE CAR WITH THE BUCKET END OF THE 488 S&S SCOOP WHEN THE CAR RAN UNDERNEATH THE BUCKET RAISING THE OPERATOR'S DECK NEAR THE ROOF PUTTING THE OPERATOR'S HEAD INTO THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING MANTRIP, RAN OVER ROCK OR SOMETHING IN ROAD AND STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF HAND, IT CAME BACK AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT HAND CUTTING AND BRUISING HAND.
EMPLOYEE (SUPPLY PERSON) BACKED TOOL TRUCK TOWARD HIS PERSONAL TRUCK AND SET THE PARKING BRAKE. EMPLOYEE PUT THE TOOL TRUCKIN GEAR AND CUT OFF THE ENGINE. HE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK AND ANOTHER E MPLOYEE STEPPED BETWEEN VEHICLES TO UNLOAD SUPPLIES. TRUCK ROLLED BACK CATCHING HIM BETWEEN BUMPERS.
EE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP THROUGH CURTAIN, ROOF BOLT PLATE WAS HANGING DOWN ON OTHER SIDE. EE RAISED UP AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD INTO TOP AND PLATE.
MAN WAS HELPING LOAD BELT ON A SUPPLY CAR, PULLING BELT WITH CHAIN HOOKED TO SCOOP, CHAIN WAS NOT PULLING STRAIGHT EE TRYED TO PUSH CHAIN OVER TO STRAIGHTEN IT UP, CAUGHT HANDS BETWEEN CAR AND CHAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING IN COMPANY VEHICLE BACK TO THE JOB SITE FROM NORTON. HE HAD TO STOP AT THE RED LIGHT ON RT 58 NEAR BLACK DIAMOND BANK. HE WAS STOPPED BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH HAD STOP PED SUDDENLY. THE THIRD VEHICLE (PETERBILT TRACTOR TRAILER) COULD NOT STOP IN TIME AND HIT VEHICLE #2, WHICH IN TURN HIT VEHICLE #1.
EE WAS RIDING OUTSIDE ON THE MANTRIP AND HE STRETCHED OUT HIS RIGHT LEG AND GOT IT INTO THE TOP. THIS TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THREE WHEEL SCOOTER CHECKING HEADLIGHT UNDERGROUND SCOOTER WAS PARKED 30 FEET FROM COAL BLOCK. HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. EE WAS DRIVING THE GATOR AND RAN INTO THE SCOOTER, CAUSING THE SCOOTER TO HIT EE S LEFT LEG.
EE WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING THE SHUTTLE CAR TO BOTTOM OUT AND THE JARRING AFFECTED THE EE'S RIGHT HIP AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OFF #3 SECTION IN GATOR, IN MOTOR ROAD ENTRY, WAS OPERATING GATOR AND CAUGHT HEAD BETWEEN TOP AND GATOR. LACERATION ON RIGHT SIDE ABOVE EAR, ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD 4" LACERA TION, AND 3/4" LACERATION OFF TO OF LEFT EAR.
EE WAS BEATING GOB OFF BOTTOME BELT ROLLER WHEN BAR GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT CAUSING BAR TO STRIKE HIM ON RIGHT TEMPLE RESULTING IN A CUT ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE AND THREE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS NIGHT WAT CHING & HE DECIDED TO CLEAN UP MUD FROM THE BELTLINE HE LOADED UP A VOLVO ARTICULAT ED TRUCK & DUMPED THE REFUSE AT THE REFUSE AREA & WHILE COMING OFF THE HILL HE LOST C ONTROL OF THE TRUCK CAUSING IT TO FLIP 4 OR 5 TIMES & LAND IN THE CREEK ON ITS SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE RAILROAD CARS & THE CABLE THAT WAS BEING USED GOT HUNG UP ON A RAILROAD TIE & WHEN THE LOADER STARTED PULLING THE ABLE THE TENSION INCREASED ON THE CABLE CAUSING I T TO SLIP LOOSE & STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MIDSECTION (ABDOMEN TO GROIN AREA)
EMPLOYEE MOVED RAM CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE RIB TO ALLOW THE MANTRIP TO PASS AND HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND TO HELP RAISE UP TO SEE THE CABLE. HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE MET AL OF THE RAM CAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ON PINNER FROM THE SCOOP WHEN I.NAME LOWERED THE SCOOP BUCKET ON EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.
STARTED TO BACK WABCO HAULER OFF HILL WHEN ENGINE DIED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO GO BACKWARDS TOO FAST AND WRECK.
RIDING IN GATOR, BOUNCED HURTING HIS HIP
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE GATOR GOING INTO THE MINES AND HE RAN OVER A ROCK. THE GATOR BOUNCED KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF AND HE CONTINUED TO ROLL AND BOUNCED AGAIN AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND HIS BATTERY LIGHT JAMMED INTO HIS LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT THE SCOOP CAUSING HIM TO SUFFER SEVERE PAIN IN HIS RT ARM AND NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING THE MANTRIP,THE ROADWAY WAS ROUGH,THE MANTRIP WAS BOUNCING CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO HURT HIS BACK.
RUNNING SHUTTLECAR MISSED THE TURN AND REALIZED HE WAS GOING TO HIT RIB AND AS A REFLEX STUCK RT FOOT OUT AND CAUGHT RT FOOT AGAINST RIB FRACTURED RT FOOT
TAKING LOAD OF CINDER BLOCK INTO MINE WAS HAVEING HARD TIME STEERING TRACTOR IN LOW COAL STOPPED TRACTOR TO EVALUATE SITUATION PUT RT HAND ON GUARD OF MINER AND PULLED AWAY CAUGHT RT HAND BET BETWEEN GUARD ON TRACTOR AND MINE ROOF SEVERELY CRUSHED RT INDEX FINGER AMPUTATED RT INDEX FINGER
ON THE ROAD TO #4 GATE ENTRY 2 VICHILES WERE COMING AROUND THE CORNER WHEN THEY SAW EACH OTHER BOTH PUT ON BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND BOTH SLID ON LOOSE GRAVEL SLID INTO EACH OTHER HIT HAND ON ST STEERING WHEEL BROKEN LEFT HAND
RIDING MANTRIP INTO THE MINES, SAT IN WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE WATER UNTIL HE FELT A BURNING ON HIS BUTTOCKS AND FOUND A HOLE IN HIS PANTS, SAT IN BATTERY ACID FROM A LEAKING CAP LIGHT.
WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE BELT WITH A SHOVEL THE SHOVEL JERKED AND JERKED EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM
RIDING MOTOR-BENT OVER FROM WAIST,EMPL BATTERT LIGHT POUCH ON HIP CAUGHT ROOFBOLT IN TOP.KNOCKING HIM TOWARD BACK OF MOTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING MOTOR OUTSIDE AND HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND PLACED AGAINST THE BUMPER, HE STARTED DOWN HILL AND ANOTHER BUMPER CAUGHT HIS HAND.
LOW COAL.