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Employee injured servicing GM Autocar fuel truck when an unplanned movement of the truck occured. Employee was struck by the rear bumper of the fuel truck while walking between the rear of the truck and partially closed shop door. Employee sustained a broken pelvis

A haul truck driver states she was injured when the truck she was driving traveled over rough roads. The motion of the truck caused back pain. As a result, a physician prescribed pain medication, physical therapy, and time away from work.

Empty haul truck was heading back to cut, when met by oncoming truck, which was taking up too much of the road. Moved over too far and got into muddy ditch. This made him slide sideways, jackknifing truck on left hand side of road slamming him around inside cab. Caused broken arm, ribs and head laceration.

While hauling topsoil to dump area employee noticed something inside his air conditioner (a piece of paper). He took the louver off of the A/C unit & reached inside the unit & put his finger into the fan, stopping the fan & shorting out unit. Caused laceration to right ring finger requiring medical assistance.

The employee was driving a pick up on the train loadout access road. As he rounded a corner, his pick up was in the wrong lane for reasons that are not yet understood. The pick up collided with a 50 ton tractor trailer coal hauling rig. The employee in the pick up sustained a fractured left femur and right knee, as well as lacerations, contusions, and soft tissue injuries.

Operating a 773, belly hit a rut in the road and he was jarred hard enough for head to hit the right door handle.

EE was attempting to dump #2044 haul truck into circuit #1 and #2 coal hopper. The bed went up approx 6 ft and stopped. He attempted to feather the bed down with the controls. The bed slammed onto the frame and he injured his lower back. He returned to work full duty for three shifts, but the pain continued. He requested the Dr and missed his next regular shift 3-9-05.

The employee was operating a 240 Ton haul truck hauling interburden material. While driving the loaded truck to the dump location, the employee drove through a rough spot in the road and the seat bottomed out. The employee felt pain in their lower back.

Ee was riding on a mine pit bus when something entered his right eye. He was taken to Campbell County Hospital & diagnosed with a granular substance in his eye. It was swabbed & he was given a prescription antibiotic to prevent infection. He then returned to work that night with no restrictions.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE LEAD SCRAPER PUSHING THROUGH AN OVERBURDEN REGRADE AREA. THEY HAD FINISHED LOADING AND WERE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE FILL AREA TO BEGIN DUMPING THEIR LOADS. EMPLOYEE WAS BUMPED BY THE REAR SCRAPER AS THEY WERE COMING UNHOOKED. HE WAS LOOKING BACK TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND DID NOT RECOGNIZE A ROCK IN HIS PATH. HE DROVE OVER THE ROCK WHICH IMPACTED HIS BACK.

EE was training a truck driver who lifted the bed of the haul truck approximately 2-3 feet short of the hopper. EE tried to feather the bed down fully loaded. The bed slammed down, causing pain in his neck. He continued to work restriction free until we received a doctors restriction on 9/13/04 to not drive haul truck due to a disc lesion diagnosed in an MRI.

PIT BUS #2281 WAS DRIVING EMPLOYEES TO THEIR RESPECTIVE VEHICLES PARKED IN THE PIT. THE BUS DRIVER HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD & THE EE IN THE BACK SEAT SUSTAINED A SOFT TISSUE LOWER BACK INJURY.

THE EE WAS ASSISTING IN UNCOUPLING HYDRAULIC LINES FROM A CABLE REELER ATTACHED TO A CAT LOADER.IN THE PROCESS OF RELEASING THE STORED PRESSURE OF THE HYDRAULIC LINES, THE LOADER BOOM ATTACHME NT SHIFTED AND PINCHED THE EE'S FOOT BETWEEN THE BOOM AND GROUND.

TRAVELING TO FAST FOR CONDITIONS RESULTED IN VEHICLE ROLL OVER. PASSENGER CHRISTI TAYLOR, SUSTAINED FRACTURED LEFT FEMUR AND RIGHT ANKLE.

TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR ROAD CONDITIONS RESULTED IN VEHICLE ROLLOVER. DRIVER SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST.

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN ACCESS ROAD, THE PICKUP THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING STRUCK A HOLE. THIS RESULTED IN THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCING A BACK STRAIN.

THE EE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER WHEN HE DROVE UP AND OVER A LARGE ROCK. THIS JARRED THE EE AND CAUSED A BACK STRAIN.

WHILE TRAVELING TO THE YARD FOR LUNCH BREAK. THE SCAPER OPERATOR EE CAME AROUND A CORNER ON THE MINE ROAD. HE TOOK THE CORNER WIDE DUE TO HIS SPEED. THE SCRAPER HIT A DITCH WHICH CAUSE HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR FRAME. CAT BEHIND EAR AND NECK THAT NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF SCRAPER, ROLLED OVER 1 TIME. AT THIS POINT IN TIME REASONS ARE UNKNOWN.OPERATOR RECEIVED A CONCUSSION & LACERATIONS TO THE TOP FRONT OF HIS HEAD.

ON 12/25/01 EE WAS JARRED IN HER HAUL TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED BY A SHOVEL. SHE WENT TO SEE DR & RET'D TO WORK WITH FULL RELEASE. SHE CON'T WORKING BUT WE (THE EMPLOYER) REQUESTED A 2ND OPINION & MRI. THE MRI REVEALED SEVERE DETERATION OF LOW CERVICAL AREA & IT WAS RECOMMENDED OF THE ORTHAPEDIC SURGEON THAT SHE NOT RUN EQUIPMENTAS SHE COULD BE PARALZYED IF THE RIGHT CONDITION

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN AN O&K DIRT SHOVEL WAS LOADING A LARGE ROCK INTO THE BED OF A 190 TON CAT HAUL TRUCK. THE SHOVEL OPERATOR PICKED THE ROCK UP WITH THE SHOVEL BUCKET & PLACED THE BUCK ET OVER THE TRUCK BED. THE OPERATOR THEN CURLED THE BUCKET & THE ROCK FELL ONTO THE DUCKBILL OF THE HAUL TRUCK. THE TRUCK OPERATOR'S NECK BECAME SORE LATER, DIAGNOSED AS NECK STRAIN.

EE PULLED HIS TRUCK UNDERNEATH THE SHOVEL TO GETIT LOADED. THE SHOVEL LOST POWER AS IT WAS SWINGING INTO HIS TRUCK AND THE BUCKET HIT THE TRUCK BED, JARRING THE OPERATOR. HIS NECK WAS SORE AND STIFF. HE CONTINUED WORKING.

AN OILER WAS DRIVING A LUBE TRUCK DOWN A PIT ACCESS ROAD. THE TRUCK SLID DOWN A PIT ACCESS ROAD.THE TRUCK SLID SIDEWAYS, IMPACTED A BERM WITHT HE FRONT BUMPER AND TIPPED ONTO THE PASSENGERS SI DE OF THE TRUCK. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SLIGHT KNEE STRAIN AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

THE DOOR TRIPPED OPEN ON THE LOADED BUCKET OF AN OVERBURDEN SHOVEL AS IT SWUNG OVER THE BACK END OF A HAUL TRUCK. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK BOX TO TIP UP AND THEN DROP, JARRING THE TRUCK DRIVE AND STRAINING HIS NECK AND BACK MUSCLES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING DRAGLINE TRAIL CABLE ONTO THE REAR DRUM OF A CABLE TRUCK. A ROPE WAS LOOPED THREE TIMES AROUND THE PLM CONNECTOR. AS EMPLOYEE STARTED TO LOAD THE CABLE ONTO THE DRUM, HE T RIED TO ASSIST THE PLM COUPLER OVER THE LOADING BAR. HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON ONE OF THE FOUR BOLTS ON THE PLM COUPLER PULLING HIS LEFT HAND INTO THE BAR FRAME, PINCHING LEFT RING FINGER.

EE WAS OPERATING LOADER WHEN HE FELT DUST OR SOMETHING BLOW IN HIS EYE. EYE CONTINUED TO BE IRRITATED. SENT TO HOSPITAL. HOSPITAL WASHED EYE OUT. FOUND EYE IRRITATED AND SCRATCHED. NO OBJECT F OUND IN EYE. PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT. RETURNED TO WORK FULL CAPACITY SAME DAY.

OPERATOR OF PIT TRANSPORTATION BUS HAD HIS VISION OBSCURED BY SETTING SUN, RAN INTO LARGE DIRT CHUNK CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS ARM ON THE DOOR HANDLE. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 2 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TO BLAST PATTERN IN HIS VEHICLE AT THE BULK STORAGE SITE. THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE ROADWAY APPROX 1050 FT FROM THE BULK STORAGE AREA. EMPLOYEE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF HOW THIS HAPPENED AND THERE WERE NO WITTNESSES. EMPLOYEE WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS. ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE MINING EQUIPMENT.

EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK, HAULING DIRT. HE BACKED UP TO DUMPS THE LOAD. HE RAISED THE BED AND PULLED FORWARD AS THE DIRT YEARD THE BID, HE STOPPED. THE FRONT THE TRUCK CAME DOWN WITH FORCE, JARRING JIM IN HIS SEAT HE REACH A COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO HIS BACK.