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December 13, 2002 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK IN HIS PERSONEL VEHICLE, WHEN HE SLID INTO A DITCH.

October 15, 2002 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND IT BOUNCED HIM UP INJURING HIS BACK.

September 17, 2002 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

DUE TO FOG, DRIVER LOST SITE OF ROAD AND TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHARPLY AND OVERTURNED THE TRUCK.

March 11, 2002 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN THE MANBUS HE WAS RIDING IN DERAILED.

January 18, 2002 WV · Coal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAULING A DRYER BASKET IN A BOBCAT & BASKET TURNED. BASKET ROLLED ON EE'S FOOT WHEN HE GOT OUT TO RESET THE LOAD.

December 3, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Levisa Fork Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING BUCKET OF PLASTER IN A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN SCOOP OPERATOR LOWERED SCOOP BUCKET ON LEFT FOOT.

August 17, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Levisa Fork Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RIDING A TRACK-MOUNTED MANTRIP (BATTERY POWERED). THE MANTRIP STRUCK ANOTHER MANTRIP PARKED ON THE SURFACE SITE. EE'S LEFT INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS WERE MASHED BETWEEN SEAT & BATTERY OF MANTRIP WHEN COLLISION OCCURRED.

August 11, 2001 WV · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED HIS COAL TRUCK INTO THE INDERGROUND FEEDER.

April 5, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

LEFT DM #7 GOT TO 1ST SWITCH BACK GOT AROUND IT AND STARTED TO SECONE ONE AND IT STARTED PICKING UP SPEED. EE COULD NOT HOLD IT BACK AROUND SECOND SWITCH BACK AND I TURNED OVER.

December 13, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY INJURING HIS BACK AND NECK.

November 15, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Fork Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

#2 MANBUS WAS BACKING UP FROM THE TRACK SWITCH AT BREAK #2 ON THE MAIN LINE TRACK. THE #1 MANBUSWAS COMING INTO THE CURVE AND BRAKED TO SLOW DOWN. EE HAD HIS LEFT HAND BEHIND HIM RESTING ON TH E BATTERIES, THE BATTERIES TIPPED OVER AND MASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

May 22, 2000 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING LOADED 18-WHEELER. TRAVELED LEFT OF CENTER INTO SUMP HOLE ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD. TRACTOR AND TRAILER OVERTURNED.

April 12, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY JARRING HIS BACK.

April 7, 2000 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

LOADER OPERATOR LOADING ROCK BEGAN EXP BACK ON.

March 22, 2000 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Levisa Fork Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND PLACED HIS HAND ON TOP OF CANOPY WHILE TRAVELING AROUND CORNER. CANOPY STRUCK RIB AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN RIB AND CANOPY.

February 28, 2000 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF COAL TRUCK TURNED IT ON ITS SIDE IN A DITCH.

February 25, 2000 WV · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fork Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING PUT DERAILED CAR ON TRACK HAD SCALE BAR ON SHOULDER-CAR DROPPED AND BAR HIT SHOULDER-CAUSING BRUISES AND STRAIN.

January 20, 2000 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING 777B ROCK TRUCK. TRUCK BOUNCED AND BEGAN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN.

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