MINER WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR OVER ROUGH SPOTS HIT BUMP AND JAMMED NECK ON CANOPY OF BUGGY. RETURNED TO WORK THINKING HE WOULD FEEL BETTER. HEADACHE GREW WORSE AND NUMBNESS IN HANDS INCREA SED. MINER DROVE SELF TO HOSPITAL. HAD SURGERY ON C5 AND C6 DISKS.
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September 13, 2002
CO · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
National King Coal, LLC · Struck against a moving object
March 4, 2002
CO · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
National King Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object
EE WAS LOADING A PICKUP WITH UNILOADER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE.
May 30, 2000
CO · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
National King Coal, LLC · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE TURNED FROM CROSSCUT #17 INTO #1 ENTRY. HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE CORNER. HIS TIRE HIS THE RIB, JARRING THE OPERATOR.
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