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September 1, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS UNLOADING ANFO FROM BUL CARGO TANK ON MINE PROPERTY.HE WAS GREASING A SPROCKET GEAR THAT WAS TURNING WITHOUT A GUARD.HE WAS IN A BENDING POSITION AND WHEN HE STARTED TO STAND UP HE BECAME LIGHT HEADED AND STARTED TO FALL.HE GRABBED THE TURNING SPROCKET WHICH SEVERLY INJURED HIS RIGHT HAND.

June 10, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE SEAT IN THE ROCK TRUCK SEEMED TO BE BROKEN WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE AROUND IN AN USUALLY ROUGH WAY.

April 7, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHEN RAISING LOADER BUCKET, A ROCK FELL INTO BUCKET MAKING THE REAR OF LOADER TO RAISE UP. THEN THE ROCK FELL OUT OF BUCKET CAUSING THE LOADER TO DROP BACK AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED, I HIT MY HEA D ON THE SIDE WINDOW.

August 19, 1991 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

SEAT IN ROCK TRUCK THAT I WAS DRIVING HAD NO SHOCK ABSORBERS THEREFORE WHENEVER I CAME TO ROUGH PLACE IN ROAD THERE WAS NOTHING T9O CUSHION ME & I HIT SOLID.

April 25, 1991 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

JOSTLED WHEN TRUCK BEING LOADED BY FRONT END LOADER

March 14, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

AXLE CAME OTU FROM UNDER TRAILER, CAUSING THE TRACTOR TRAILER TO TURN OVER.

January 19, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATES THAT WHILE IN PROCESS OF HAVING TRUCK LOADED ROCK WAS DUMPED IN BED CAUSING VEHICLE TO BOUNCE THUS CAUSING INJURY TO NECK.

June 25, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

I NAME STATES: 7HAT WHILE MOVING A HEAVY BOULDER WITH THE LOADER,IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET AND THREW HIM AROUND.

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