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May 5, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

A LARGE ROCK FE5L ONTO THE LOADER BUCKET. CAUSING THE LOADER TO JAR INJURING EMPLOYEES NECK

April 1, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWNGRADE ON AN ACROSS ROAD. WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRUCK LOST AIR PRESSURE AND LOST ALL BRAKING CONTROL. EMPLOYEE COULD NOT GET TRUCK UNDER CONTROL AND JUMPED FROM3TRUCK ALLOWING TRUCK TO TRAVEL OVER APPROX. 150 FOOT ENBANKMENT.

February 20, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HAULING C2AL-FINES UP ASCENDING GRADE IN COAL TRUCK,EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SHIFT FROM 4TH TO 1ST GEAR.THE TRUCK (OUT OF GEAR) WENT BACKWARDS INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH.

January 6, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIN MACHINE CAB5E JERKED OUT OF CABLE HANGER AND STRUCK EMPL ACROSS FOREHEAD.

June 16, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE INJURE8 HIS LOWER BACK WHEN A LARGE ROCK WAS DROPPED IN THE TRUCK.

May 8, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A ROCK TRUCK HAULING REFUSE TO THE DUMP AREA WHILE OPERATING THE TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE OUTSIDE MIRROR AND RAN UP ON SIDE OF SPOIL TURNING TRUCK OVER ON LEFT SIDE 3

February 18, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A ROCK TRUCK HAULING REFUSE FROM TO A DUMP AREA WHEN EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BED TO DUMP HE RECEIVED A SEVERE JARRING MOTION INJURING HIS BACK

February 7, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE LOST C2NTROL OF COAL TRUCK AND TURNED IT OVER ON A DOWN HILL CURVE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT SHIN BONE.

October 8, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN END-LOADER MOVING LARGE ROCKS FROM THE PIT AREA. WHILE MOVING ROCKS, ONE SLIPPED FROM LOADER BUCKET CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN AROUND IN THE CAB CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK.

September 9, 1985 WV · Coal hand loader, hand trammer POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SIDE TRACKING A DEFECTED BUCKET WHEN WHEELS FELL FROM RAILING AND HIT HIM ON HIS ARM

September 3, 1985 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED AFTER JUMPING FROM MOVING RAILROAD CAR.

June 4, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER THAT WAS CARRYING SPOIL FROM THE NUMBER 7 COAL SEAM LEVEL. WHILE LOADING THE SPOIL, THE LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE.

May 6, 1985 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE TIGHTENING BRAKES ON RAILROAD CAR HE STRAIN HIS BACK.

March 11, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWN GRADE. WHILE PROCEEDING DOWN GRADE, EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK AND TEERED INTO THE DITCH LINE STRIKING AN EMBANKMENT.

February 22, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE FAILED TO MAINTANE CONTROL OF MOVING COAL TRUCK. HE JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK.

January 16, 1985 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SUPPLIES AND RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK WITH UNA-TRAC AND HURT HIS NECK.

September 11, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR OF TRACTOR END LOADER DROVE OVER ROCK ON RIGHT OF WAY. OPERATOR SAID WHEN FRONT WENT OVER CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CAME DOWNON THE GROUND THE JERK STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 27, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK DRIVER RAN OVER ROCK ON RT OF WAY MAN RIDING IN BACK OF TRUCK WAS THROWN AGAINST A METAL TOOL BOX LACERATING THE 2ND&4TH FINGERS ON LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES

February 23, 1984 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE DROVE SHUTTLE CAR INTO THE RIB THROWING HIMSELF UNDER STEERING WHEEL (THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 022884 WHICH AT THAT TIME HE BEGAN MISSING)

February 16, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND HISBUGGY HIT A HOLE OR A LUMP OF COAL AND HURT HIS NECK AND BACK BY THROWING HIM INTO CANOPY.

January 12, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PAN WHILE RIDING ON TOP OF RUTS PAN SUDDENLY SLIPPED INTO A HOLE JARRING DRIVER HURTING HIS BACK

January 5, 1984 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE CLEANING ROCK OFF SCALPER ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK CAME OVER SHAKER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO JUMP OFF TABLE TWISTING HIS KNEE

December 1, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS INJURED WHEN HE JUMPED FROM A RUN-AWAY TRUCK WHICH HAD DEVELOPED MECHANICAL FAILURE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE

December 1, 1983 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS INJURED WHEN HE JUMPED FROM A RUN-AWAY TRUCK WHICH HAD DEVELOPED MECHANICAL FAILURE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE

December 1, 1983 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING LOADED IN THE PIT. A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE LOADER BUCKET AND STRUCK BED OF TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCHED AROUND INSIDE BED OF TRUCK.

October 11, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING SAFETY STOP OUT FROM FRONT OF BUS, BRAKES LEAKED OFF, SAFETY BLOCK LODGED RIGHT FOOT UNDER SAFETY JACK.

October 11, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED UP TO DUMP HIS TRUCK LOAD OF ROCK AND WHEN HE STOPPED THE WEIGHT SHIFTED ON THE TRUCK CAUSING IT TO ROLL OVER THE AREA WHERE HE WAS GOING TO DUMP.

August 27, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING REJECT COAL TO THE WASH PLANT WHILE DOING SO EMPLOYEE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE TRUCKS SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT INJURING THE EMPLOYEE

August 13, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CAUGHT LARGE ROCK WITH LOADER BUCKET CAUSING LOADER TO BOUNCE RESULTING IN EMPL ARM BEING JERKED.

June 21, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN END LOADER CLEANING COAL IN THE COAL PIT WHILE CLEANING COAL EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FORWARD WHEN THE LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A LAYER OF ROCK INJURING HIS BACK

June 11, 1983 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

DROPPING 3 RAILROAD CARS AND WAS RIDING THE MIDDLE CAR THE BRAKES WOULDNT HOLD SO HE JUMPED OFF

March 22, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

ROCKDUSTING AND SAID SCOOP HIT HIS LEG

January 19, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS OPERATING A MACK COAL TRUCK DESCENDING FDOWN AN ACCESS HAULAGE ROAD WHILE DESCENDING DOWN THE GRADE A MECHANICAL FAILURE OCCURRED AND EMP STERRED TRUCK INTO AN EMBANKMENT

January 5, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS PREPARING TO DUMP HIS LOAD WHEN WEAK SHOULDER ON DRIVERS SIDE STARTED GIVING AWAY BEFORE TRUCK ROLLED DOWN AN EMANKMENT NOT OVERTURNING THE EMP JUMPED TO THE GROUND BRUISING HIS BA BACK

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