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August 11, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gentec Processing Inc · Struck against stationary object

RUNNING RAM CAR HE HIT HIS HEAD ON MINE TOP.

June 6, 2001 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gentec Processing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HIS SCOOP GOT STUCK IN THE PROCESS OF PUSHING IT LOOSE HE JARRED HIS BACK.

June 5, 2001 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Gentec Processing Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING UP HILL ON THE MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP ROLLED BACK AND HIT ANOTHER MANTRIP.

April 17, 2001 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Gentec Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS UN HOOKING PULL CHAIN WHEN SCOOP JUMPED INTO POINT, PINNING HIM BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT INJURING BOTH LEGS.

April 5, 2001 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Gentec Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE SUSTAINED BRUISES WHILE EXITING THE MINE. WEDGED BETWEEN ROOF AND MANTRIP.

October 31, 2000 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Gentec Processing Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE GOT HIS FOOT ON THE TRAM PEDAL OF A MAC 8 ANDIT PULLED HIM INTO THE TOP AND RIB OF THE MINE.

September 5, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gentec Processing Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. SCOOP RAN OVER A ROCK AND EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD ON TOP.

June 5, 2000 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gentec Processing Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING RAM CAR, HE HIT A BUMP AND HIS HEAD HIT THE CANOPY, BREAKING HIS TOOTH.

February 4, 2000 KY · Coal fan attendant POWERED HAULAGE
Altec Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

RAN OVER A ROCK AND BRUISED HIS BACK. CHANGING BATTERIES IN RAM CAR.

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