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EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING BED TO DUMB LOAD OF COAL. BED HAD RAISED INTO 3RD STAGE WHEN HOIST PIN BROKE CAUSING HOIST TO GO THRU BED EXTENSIVELY.
INJURED WAS PREPARING TO CLEAN COAL FROM SHAKER SCREEN. HE SHUT DOWN THE SCREEN AND LOCKED THE POWER OUT. THE SHAKER TAKES A COULPLE OF MINUTES T COMPLETELY STOP. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB INTO SHAKER, HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN A BRACE AND THE SPRING BRACKET.
INJURED WAS DRIVING SKIDDER UP THE RAMP. THE ENGINE DIED AND THE SKIDDER ROLLED BACKWARDS ABOUT 70 FEET AND OVERTURNED. THE OPERATOR WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT SAFETY BELT AND INJURED HIS ARM. H E HAD BEEN TOLD NOT TO DRIVE THE SKIDDER OUT OF PIT BECAUSE OF FUEL PROBLEMS WITH UNIT.
VEHICLE LOADED AND BEING DRIVEN UP A RAMP FROM THE COAL PIT.AS VEHICLE WAS NEARING THE TOP OF THE RAMP THE ENGINE POWERED OUT.DRIVER APPLIED BREAKS AND SKIDDED TO NEAR THE BOTTOM OF RAMP AND O VERTURNED.
DRIVER HAULING COAL FROM PIT.WHILE DRIVING THE OUT RAMP,DROVE TO EDGE OF RAMP IN A CURVE AND DROVE INTO SOFT MUD.VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER TRUCK TURNED OVER ON RIGHT SIDE.
LOADING MATERIAL WITH CAT FRONT END LOADER. BUCKET HOOKED ON SEAM OF CAP ROCK CAUSING REAR OFF RAISE OFF GROUND. BUCKET BROKE THROUGH DRIFT MATERIAL LET THE REAR DROP OPER THROWN UP STRIKING HEAD ON CEILING
INJ REENTERED SHOP AND HEARD AIR LEAK ON TRUCK UNDER REPAIR.HE CRAWLED UNDER TRUCK.THE OTHER MECHANIC CLIMBED INTO TRUCK,STARTED IT AND BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF SHOP.I.NAME WAS ROLLED UNDER AXLE O F TRUCK AND FRACTURED VERTIBRAE.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYES. THIS RESULTED IN AN IRRIATATION AND INFECTION. HE WAS ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION FOR NEOSPORIN AND AUGMENTIN. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY G LASSES.
INJURED WAS USING A 2 1/2 LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO CLEAN MATERIAL FROM THE BOTTOM ROLLERS ON THE SLOPE BELT. THE HAMMER WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE BELT. HE FAILED TO LET GO OF THE HAMMER AND HIS ARM WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM ROLLER AND THE BELT.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A CART OUT OF THE MINE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT & SPRAINED HIS NECK THERE WERE X-RAYS TAKEN & THESE WERE NEGATIVE HE RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION OF COGESTIC FOR PAIN
INJURED WAS BACKING CAT 777 TRUCK UNDER FRONT END LOADER HE APPLIED THE BRAKE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK HIS HEAD SNAPPED BACK & HE INJURED HIS NECK
INJURED WAS DRIVING FORD WATER TRUCK (WT-6) WATERING HAUL ROADS. THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE DRIVER DROVE THE TRUCK INTO THE HIGHWALL. HE WAS THEN THROWN FORWARD STRIKING THE DASH. HE WAS NOT WE ARING HIS SEATBELT.
INJURED WAS SUPERVISING UNLOADING OF SHEET METAL SIDING AT WASH PLANT.AS THE FORKLIFT MOVED THE SIDING,2X4 FLEW OUT AND STRUCK INJURED IN THE RIGHT EYEBROW.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A CAT 637E SCRAPER LOADING DRIFT MATERIAL. HE FORGOT ABOUT THE DRAINAGE DITCH. WHEN HIS SCRAPER HIT THE DITCH, HE WAS THROWN TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK THE PAN LEVER CONTROL . HE FRACTURED TWO RIBS.
INJURED WAS PREPARING TO CLEAN UP SPILLED COAL FROM CONVEYOR BELT UNDER SOUTH HOPPER. HE TRIPPED AND FELL FORWARD. HE REACHED UP TO GRAB SOMETHING AND CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER IN THE RECIP ROCATING ROLLER. IT SMASHED THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
INJURED WAS ADJUSTING BELT ON A CONVEYOR AT WASH PLANT HE STATED THAT HIS LOOSE CLOTHES CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & ROLLER & THEY PULLED HIS FINGERS INTO PINCH POINT HE SUFFEREDD LACERATIONS & ABR ASIONS & ABRASIONS TO MIDDLE & RING FINGERS HE WAS TAKEN TO GREEN COUNTY GEN.HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT
INJURED WAS RID3NG IN THE BUCKET OF 488 SCOOP HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE TOP EDGE OF THE BUCKET WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN THE SCOOP SWUNG AROUND AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE BUCKET EDGE AND THE COAL RIB 3
INJ LEVELING RO5D WITH GRADER WHEN END DUMP STRUCK FRONT TIRE OF GRADER THROWING INJ AGAINST STEERING KNOB ON STEERING WHEEL.
INJURED ALLEDGES THAT HE STRUCK A LOW SPOT IN THE HAULROAD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BOUNCE HE SUFFERED THE BACK INJURY WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SEAT HE WAS TAKEN TO GREENE COUNTY GENERAL HOSPI TAL WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A STRAINED BACK
INJURED WAS OPERATING CATERPILLER 637D SCRAPER ON HAULROADS. THE WIND BLEW DUST AND DIRT INTO HIS FACE AND EYES. THE DIRT WAS WASHED OUT AND HE TURNED TO WORK. THAT NIGHT HE SOUGHT MEDICAL AT TENTION.
OILER DRIVING GREASE TRUCK STEERING WHEEL KICKED CAUSING VICTIM TO CUT INSIDE OF THUMB ON TURN SIGNAL THE CLUTCH HAD GONE BAD AND VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTI NG TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP THE CLUTCH HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED
I.NAME & I.NAME WERE REPAIRING A 6" WATER PUMP AWAY FROM SPOIL SIDE IN PIT. AS THEY WERE PREPARING TO MOVE THE PUMP A BOULDER ROLLED DOWN THE SPOIL & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACCK HE WAS KNOCKED INTO THE PUMP & RECEIVED SEVERE LACERATIONS. TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL IN VINCENNES. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT A TRUCK DUMPED A ROCK ON H IM.
I.NAME & I.NAME WERE PREAPRING TO MOVE A 6" WATER PUMP IN PIT #5. BOULDER ROLLED DOWN SPOIL & STRUCK I.NAME & THEN HIT THE WATER PUMP. THE WATER THEN STRUCK I.NAME KNOCKING HIM BACKWARD. HE WA S EXPERIENCING SOME NECK PAIN & WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION.
INJURED WAS HELPING I NAME PULL OUT SCRAPERS WITH A 2 INCH CABLE HE DISCONNECTED THE CABLE FROM THE SCRAPER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SIGNED THE SCRAPER TO MOVE. THE CABLE REHOOKED AND CAUGHT HIS HIS LEG IN THE LOOP.
INJURED WAS USING A WABCO SCRAPER TO PULL OUT ANOTHER SCRAPER STUCK IN THE MUD HE WAS USING A 2IN LOOPED CABLE TO PULL WITH CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED AND INJURED STPPED INSIDE CABLE TO MOVE IT AN D HOOK IT UP TO DOZER AS SCRAPER MOVED AWAY CABLE REHOOKED AND TRAPPED HIS LEGS INSIDE THE CABLE
INJURED WAS DRIVING TEREX 85 TON TRUCK HAULING WET SOIL FROM THE LOADING AREA TO THE FILL. THE TRUCK BACKED UP TO THE FILL AND STARTED TO DUMP THE LOAD. BECAUSE OF THE MATERIAL BEING HAULED, IT HUNG UP IN THE BED AND RAISED THE FRONT WHEELS OFF THE GROUND. THE LOAD FREED AND THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING DRIVER.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A 1981 MACK TRUCK HAULING COAL FROM THE PIT 002. AS HE NEARED THE TOP OF THE RAMP THE TIRES SPUN ON THE FROZEN ROAD. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK & IT SLID BACKWARDS THR U THE BERM & OVERTURNED ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A EUCLID TRUCK 03-6 AS HE DROVE DOWN A RAMP HIS TRUCK COLLIDED WITH A CATERPILLAR PAN SCRAPER THE IMPACT THREW HIM INTO THE DASH AND HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS FOREARM WHICH REQUIRED THREE STITCHES
OPERATING CAT.PAN SCRAPER #01-26.DROVE DOWN RAMP COLLIDE WITH EUCLID R-35 TRUCK.WEARING SEAT SAFETY BELT -RECEIVED DISLOCATED THUMB WHEN HAND STRUCK STEERING WHEEL.