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March 21, 1997 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS INJURED WHEN THE MANTRIP DERAILED ON THE TRACK. HE ALLEGEDLY WAS INJURED UPON IMPACT.

November 15, 1995 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN SCOOP MOVE AND SCOOP BUCKET SLID OFF LEVEE, JARRING EE.

September 27, 1995 TN · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BLEEDING A GREASE JACK WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BUMPED THE CONVEYOR CHAIN CAUSIGN GREASE TO BE BLOWN IN HIS FACE.

June 21, 1995 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING AT CONVEYOR CHAIN IN MOBILE BRIDGE WHEN THE BOOM WAS RAISED. EMPLOYEE'S HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND THE MINE ROOF.

June 14, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SCOOP FRAME AND CHAIN BEING USED TO PULL BELT.

June 9, 1995 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE TO LOAD BELT ONTO CAR WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE ROLL OF BELT. THE LOCOMOTIVE STUCK IN POINT.

June 7, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Bituminous-Laurel Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE BELT ENTRY TOWARD THE PHONE WHEN THE FRONT MBC PULLED UP CAUSING THE BACK MBC TO SHIFT, TRAPPING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE LO-LO, AND THE MBC.

June 7, 1995 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Bituminous-Laurel Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP AND RAIED UP GETTING STRUCK BY STRAP AND CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD.

April 24, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST TOP WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED IN A SCOOP BUCKET THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOMENTARILY UNCONSCIOUS

March 2, 1995 TN · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EE STATED THAT A PIECE OF DIRT FLEW IN HIS EYE WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A LOCOMOTIVE.

February 27, 1995 TN · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE STATED THAT HE TRAMMED A MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER INTO A COAL RIB, WHICH CAUSED THE OPERATOR DECK TO MOVE SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS. THE DECK CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER OFF AT THE 3RD JOINT WHEN IT CONTACT ED THE BRIDGE OIL COOLER SINCE HIS LITTLE FINGERWAS HANGING OUTSIDE THE DECK.

January 30, 1995 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE'S ANKLE WAS STRUCK BY RUN-THROUGH CURTAIN WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE IN A MANTRIP CAR.

October 27, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER CAME DOWN STEEP INCLINE AT A FAST RATE OF SPEED, & COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER TRUCH GOING THE SAME DIRECTION CAUSING TRUCKS TO GO OFF HAUL ROAL & OVER EMBANKMENT.

September 8, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE REAR MBC IN REVERSE WHEN IT RAN OVER A ROCK. HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING BACKWARDS WHEN HIS FACE WAS JOLTED INTO THE CAB CANOPY LEG RESULTING IN A FRACTURED NOSE .

May 24, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

EE STATED THAT HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY A CRIB BLOCK, WHEN A SCOOP RAN OVER THE BLOCK AND FLIPPED IT UP.

April 11, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Kem Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UNDER BOOM OF MECHANIC'S TRUCK HELPING REPAIR ARMS ON A LOADER WHEN THE BOOM ALLEGEDLY FELL. STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD.

April 5, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOCATED INT EH MBC DECK ON HIS KNEES WITH BOTH FEET HANGING OVR THE EDGE OF THE DECK. THE MBC MOVED INBY AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE LOW STRUCTURE AND THE FRAME.

February 25, 1994 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE RIDING THE MANTRIP EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO USE HIS LEG TO PUSH A BELT RUN THROUGH CURTAIN AGAINST THE TOP WHEN HIS LEG CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROOF NOTE MINE WAS IDLE FROM 03-01-94 THROUG H 03-13-94

January 25, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE DRIVING A BAKC DUMP HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THIS INJURED HIS BACK. HE HAS A BONE SPUR THAT IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON A NERVE IN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT BEGIN TO MISS WORK UNTIL JAN 31 1994.

January 14, 1994 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATIN SCOOP WITH LEFT ARM OUTSIDE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT WHEN TURNING AND HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN OPERATORS' COMPARTMENT AND THE STOP MOUNTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE MACHINE. THEEE'S INDEX FINGER WAS FRACTURED WITH LACERATIONS TO THE THUMB AND MIDDLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.

December 22, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

TWO SUPPLY UNITS TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS COLLIDED WITH EACH OTHER IN A SWAG OF THE COAL SEAM.

October 12, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

AS INJURED WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED LOCOMOTIVE, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERCAST. THIS BLOW CUT HIS HEAD.

September 9, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN DRILL HEAD & HEAD JACK.

August 13, 1993 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS INJURED WAS RIDING A LOCOMOTIVE ON HIS WAY TO004 SECTION, ANOTHER LOCOVOTIVE COLLIDED WITH HIS LOCOMOTIVE HEAD ON A CURVE ACROSS FROM #6 HEAD DRIVE.

August 11, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A IDLE ROLELR AND SCRAPER.

July 28, 1993 TN · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A HEAD RIVE WITH SCOOP WHEN SCOOP RAISED UP. EMPLOYEE CONTACTED A ROOF BOLT PLATE WHICH INFLICTED A 1" LACERATION ABOVE HIS LEFT EAR.

July 28, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A SCOOP AND THE COAL RIB WHILE ROCKDUSTING.

July 27, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS LOWERING THE BED OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE BED DROPPED AND HE CLAIMS THAT THIS STRAINED HIS BACK.

July 25, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT HE RAN OVER A ROCK WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP EE ALLEGES THAT THIS SUDDEN MOVEMENT STRAINED HIS NECK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 7-29-93 BECAUSE HE SAID HIS NECK WAS STIFF.

July 22, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Clay Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING A BACK DUMP TRUCK HE CLAIMS THAT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN THE TRUCK HIT A ROUGHT SPOT IN THE ROAD.

June 21, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A REAR DUMP BEING LOADED UNDER THE SHOVEL A ROCK FELL FROM THE BUCKET OF THE SHOVEL & IT HIT IN THE REAR OF THE BED THIS SHOOK THE TRUCK & EE CLAIMS THAT THIS STRAINED HIS BAC K

May 10, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP BUCKET AND RIB AND WHILE ALIGNING THE LOW STRUCTURE. EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING STRUCTURE WHEN THE BRIDGE DOLLY CAUGHT ONT HE SCOOP BUCKET PULLING THE SCOOP I NBY CATCHING HIM BETWEEN EQUIPMENT AND RIB.

April 29, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Clay Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE CLAIMS THAT THE BED OF THE HAULAGE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING CAME DOWN FAST AND HIT SO HARD THAT THE SHOCK RESULTED IN A STRAINED NECK AND BACK.

March 25, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE OPERATORS DECK AND A OIL COOLER MOUNTED ON THE BOOM.

February 16, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by falling object

AS HE WAS RIDING ON THE MANTRIP E DATE WAS STRUCK ON THE FOREHEAD BY A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK THIS CUT HIS HEAD.

December 31, 1992 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK IN A WATER HOLE THAT CAUSED HIM TO BE THROWN INTO THE SCOOP CANOPY HURTING HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.

November 18, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE ROCK TRUCK GOT STUCK WHILE DUMPING NEAR THE EDGE OF THE FILL. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE TRUCK OUT THE SPINNING OF THE TIRES, AND THE ROCKING BACK AND FOWARD MOTION OF THE TRUCK, CAUSIN G THE GROUND TO BREAK AND THE TRUCK TO SLIDE OVER THE FILL.

October 26, 1992 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LONG AIRDOX BRIDGE CARRIER AND THE LOW STRUCTURE.

October 22, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER, HE LET HIS LEFT FOOT HAND OUT OF THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE CARRIER AND BELT STRUCTURE, RESULTING IN A FRACT URED ANKLE.

October 15, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A ROOF BOLT LAYING ON THE BOTTOM WHEN HIS SCOOP TIRE RAN OVER THE BOLT.

September 8, 1992 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ACROSS BELT STRUCTURE WHEN EE WAS PUSHED INTO RIDGID STRUCTURE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP & STRUCTURE

August 13, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

54736YEE WAS PUSHED INTO THE ROOF WHILE IN THE DECK OF THE MBC WHILE DEBELTING.

July 21, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

55021YE THAT WHEN HE LOWERED THE BED OF HIS BACK DUMP THAT CAUSED A BUMP WHICH CAUSED A STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

July 11, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

ROCK FLEW UP INTO EMPLOYEES EYE WHILE OPERATING SCOOP.

June 4, 1992 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

AS EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE BELT ENTRY, A PIECE OF RUST OR MATERIAL FLEW IN HIS EYE.

May 27, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Clay Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRIVING A 776 BACK DUMP. AS HE TURNED A CURVE THE HITCH BROKE AND THIS CAUSED A SUDDEN MOVEMENT THAT HE ALLEGES RESULTED IN A MUSCLE STRAIN IN HIS NECK AND BACK.

March 26, 1992 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Beech Grove Processing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS INJURED WHEN THE BUCKET CONTROL JACK BROKE ON THE FRONT END LOADER. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT AN INJURY WOULD OCCUR DUE TO THIS CONDITION. INVESTIGATION IS PE NDING MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.

March 10, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRIDGE CARRIER AND THE LO-LO STRUCTURE MAKING A BELT SET-UP.

March 6, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE RIDING AS A PASSNEGER IN A RAIL LOCOMOTIVE, EE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERCAST, WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATED HEAD.

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