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June 24, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS SCOOPING IN #2 ENTRY WHEN HE GOT HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN BACK OF SCOOP AND TOP.

May 21, 1997 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRAVELING ROADWAY UNDERGROUND EE SAID HE HIT A ROCK OR HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHICH THREW HIM UP AND CAME BACK DOWN AND HIT HIS LOWER PART OF HIS BACK ON THE BACK OF SCOOP DECK.

April 14, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

3 WHEEL BUGGY WAS BACKING UP THEN OTHER WENT FORWARD CAUSIGN VICTIM TO HIT HIS HEAD DRIVING IT DOWN INTO HIS SHOULERS. THERE WAS A LOW PLACE IN THAT AREA.

February 10, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MYRON WAS RIDING MANTRIP IN WHEN IT WENT THROUGH WATER HOLE EE RAISSED UP AND CAUGHT BACK ON ROOF BOLT AN DIT BENT HIM DOUBLE.

February 10, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

STANLEY WAS TRAMMING LOADED SHUTTLE CAR TO FEEDER WHEN HE HIT A STRAP HANGING FROM TOP WITH CANOPY CAUSING A PIECE OF COAL TO FLY IN HIS LEFT EYE.

January 23, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY, WHICH BRUISED THE BACK OF NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

October 21, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

BUGGEY OPERATOR CAME AROUND CORNER AND RAN INTO RIB.

October 14, 1996 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. TRAVELED AT RATE OF SPEED TOO HIGH FOR THE CONDITIONS. HIT A BUMPCAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CAB. RESULT WAS A STRAIN TO THE NECK AND LOWER BACK.

August 22, 1996 UT · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES INJURY OCCURRED WHILE LOADING COAL. ACCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL AUGUST 30,1996WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM COMPLAININGOF BACK PAIN.

June 10, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HE SAID HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY.

February 13, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HAULING COAL TO DUMP WITH #2 SHUTTLE CAR, EE WENT AROUND CORNER AT SPAD #1834 IN #6 ENTRY,GOT HIS RIGHT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN CORNER OF RIB &OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT SCRAPED, PULLED MUSCLES & LIGMENTS OF RIGHT ARM.

October 26, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RIDING ON THE CONTACTOR BOX, DOWN THE #3 ENTRY, WHEN THE SCOOP TURNED THROUGH A BREAK TO THE #4 ENTRY. HIS FOOT WAS HANGING DOWN BETWEEN THE SWIVEL PART OF THE SCOOP AND WHEN THE SCOOP TURNED, IT CAUGHT HIS FOOT.

October 12, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE GU CREW WERE BUILDING A BRATTICE AND WERE STACKING THE TOP WHEN THEY NEEDED THE BUCKET RAISED A RING WAS BROKEN DUE TO BLOCKS FALLING OFF SCOOP ON FITTINGS CAUSING BUCKET TO DROP MAKING EM PLOYEE FALL FORWARD KNOCKING HIS CAP OFF AND THE BLOCK HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.

October 10, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL NEXT DAY. EE WAS DRIVING MANTRIP RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY AND STEERING WHEEL JERKED & HE LET GO OF STEERING WHEEL, STRIKING HIM ON LEFT HAND.

August 28, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

REPAIRMAN TOOK THE BOLTS OUT OF THE RUB RAIL ON THE MINER. THEY TOLD THE OPERATOR TO MOVE THE MINER. WHEN MINER MOVED, THE RUB RAIL FELL AND HIT THE REPAIRMAN ON THE RIGHT HAND, NO VISIBLE DAM AGE.

August 15, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object

PARKED CAR TO USE BATH ROOM. STARTED TO GO OVER TO ANCHOR, HEARD CAR BEHIND HIM, TRIED TO JUMP OUT OF WAY. CAR HIT LEFT LEG, MASHED MUSCLE. NO BROKEN BONES OR BROKEN SKIN.

July 10, 1995 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BOUNCED OFF SEAT OF TRIP ON RIDE OUT OF MINE AT THE END OF SHIFT. MANTRIP POSSBLY TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR ROADWAY CONDITION.

June 27, 1995 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

UNEVEN BOTTOM CONDITIONS CAUSED ROUGH ROADWAY EMPLOYEE PROCEDED AT TOO HIGH OF SPEED THROUGH ROUGH AREA CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE EMPLOYEE TWISTING WHEN HE HIT THE ROUGH SPOT

May 31, 1995 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Diablo Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OUT OF OLD PART OF MINE, RAN OVER SOMETHING THAT CAME UP FROM UNDER SCOOP DECK STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK. THEY WERE WALKING BESIDE OF SCOOP. NEITHER ONE SAW IT. WHEN THEY STOPPED A PIECE OF 4" PLASTIC WATER LINE WAS LAYING UNDER SCOOP.

May 17, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SCOOP OPER. WAS PUSHING UP GOB WHICH HAD A PIECE OF 2 IN PLASTIC WATER LINE IN IT. RATHER THAN GETTING OFF SCOOP TO MOVE WATER LINE, HE KEPT TRYING TO PUSH IT WITH THE SCOOP. THE WATER LIN E SPRANG BACK OVER SCOOP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

April 6, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD 2 MEN TAKING IN A POWER BOX & THE SCOOP WOULDN'T PULL IT UP THE HILL, THEY WENT OUT & GOT A TRACTOR & TRIED TO PUSH IT WITH THE DECK END CAUSING THE POWER BOX TO COME UP & OVER THE DRIVER HURTING HIS BACK & RIBS.

January 11, 1995 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOWERING SHUTTLE CAR WITH WAGNER SCOOP. A ROOF BOLT STEEL WAS LEANING AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR AND SPRUNG OUT STRIKING EE IN THE HEAD.

December 7, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Dragon Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

HE SAID HE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND IT HIT A HOLE AND JARRED HIM BAD IN THE BACK SAID IT MADE HIM HURT ALL OVER.

December 2, 1994 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PERSON DRIVING BUGGY AROUND CORNER HAD SMALL DROP OFF CLOSE TO RIB. HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE RIB AND DROVE OFF THE DROP OFF. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CAB.

December 1, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE DRIVING MANTRIP RAN OVER ROCK IN ROAD STEERING KNOB CAME OFF STEERING WHEEL LEAVING A BOLT THAT TORE INTO EE LEG FROM STRIKING ROCK WHICH JERKED STEERING WHEEL FROM HIS HAND.

August 29, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
North Star Contractors Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING SCOOP HE RAN THE SCOOP OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY. THE SCOOP BOUNCED OFF OF THE ROCK THROWING THE EE INTO THE CANOPY. THE EE SAID HE WAS FEELING PAIN IN HIS NECK AND LOWER BAC K. THE EE WAS CHECK OUT AT THE MINES. THE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND THEN DROVE HOME. HE THEN WENT TO HIS FAMILY DR.

August 24, 1994 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS JUMPING THE BATTERIES ON MANTRIP AND THE BATTERY POST ARKED AND EITHER GOT ACID OR A PIECE OF LEAD IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

June 20, 1994 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS RIDING THE EIMCO OPEN MANTRIP INTO THE MINE TO START THE SHIFT. HE SAT UP AS THE MANTRIP PASSED UNDER A LOW SPOT AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.

April 5, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING MANTRIP WENT CLOSE TO RIB FRONT TIRE HIT RIB & JERKED STEERING WHEEL INTO LEFT HAND

February 19, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BRATTICE BLOCKS ON INACTIVE BELTLINE TO BUILD A STOPPING AT BACK OF #3 DTAILPIECE WHEN BOTTOM ROLLER CAUGHT CANOPY SWINGING BACK HITTING HIM IN FACE.

January 31, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object

3 WHEELER BATTERIES WAS LOW CHARGED. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GO UP A HILL AND GOT OFF TO PUSH. 3 WHEELER ROLLED BACK AND HIT LEG.

November 22, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Dragon Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAMMING SCOOP DOWN #1 ENTRY, HE SAW A OIL CAN, LAYING ON THE RIB. HE SLOWED DOWN TO PICK UP THE CAN AND WHEN HE GRABBED IT, THE CAN CAUGHT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCOOP AND PULLED HIS ARM BACK.

November 20, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Black Dragon Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER HIS SHOVEL WHEN HANDLE HIT HIM ON THE CHEEK.

September 13, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Dragon Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN WAS TRAMMING SCOOP TO OUTSIDE. HE RAN OVER A ROCK BOUNCING HIM UP & WHEN HE CAME DOWN HE STRUCK HIS BACK.

August 3, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

SHUTTLE CAR HIT BACK OF MINER AND PUSHED OPERATOR INTO TOP.

August 2, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE BELT LINE & A BAR HE WAS HAULING ON THE 3 WHEELER CAUGHT ON A TIMBER & [SPINNED] AROUND & HIT HIM IN THE RIBS.

July 17, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Dragon Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIGHT DRIVE SHUTTLE CAR IOPERATOR WAS HAULING COAL WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN FOREHEAD BY STRAP HANGING DOWN FROM ROOF

June 29, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Dragon Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS HAULING COAL TO FEEDER, CABLE THAT WAS HUNG CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT HIM ON NECK.

June 23, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

MAN FELL OFF MANTRIP AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE.

June 14, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WSA SHOVLEING #5 BELT 1 BREAK INBY #% HEAD WHEN SHOVEL CAUGHT IN ROLLER AND PULLED ARM INTO BELT BRUISED LEFT ARM.

June 8, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A BUGGY TRAVELING THROUGH MUD AND WATER IN MINE THE STEERING SPUN AROUND STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

June 3, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Jackal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING TRANSPORTING UNDERGROUND EE ATTEPTED TO MOVE SLATE BAR BAR ACCENDTLY HIT MINE ROOF.

June 3, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

RIDING OUTSIDE ON MANTRIP WHEN MANTRIP RAN INTO RIB AND EE FELL OFF OF MATRIP AND HURT HIP.

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