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May 30, 2013 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was moving section when the scoop tire got on his Left foot.

April 4, 2012 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee stated that he missed the break going from #4 Entry to #5 Entry and hit the rib. The collision threw him into the shuttle car canopy, injuring his neck.

December 17, 2011 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing transmission in #125 777F truck when the boom on the mechanic's truck broke striking employee.

March 30, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was in a mantrip that was sitting still when another mantrip ran into them.

July 14, 2008 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources LLC · Fall from machine

Operator had a load of rock and proceeded to dump point. He did not square up to berm and backed through berm. The operator did not set park brake and did not take out of reverse. The operator jumped out of the truck. He sustained facial lacerations and a broken left forearm.

June 4, 2008 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dumping a load when he caught his left ring finger between the seat and the dump lever mashing it. Employee did not report or begin missing work until 6/16/2008.

January 8, 2008 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE DROVE ROCK TRUCK OVER BERM CAUSING TRUCK TO ROLL OVER A HILL. EMPLOYEE CRAWLED OUT OF RIGHT DOOR WINDOW AND RECEIVED LACERATIONS ON HIS UPPER LEFT ARM BECAUSE OF BROKEN GLASS. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO MONTGOMERY GENERAL HOSP. BY AMBULANCE WHERE HE REFUSED TREATMENT AND REFUSED POST ACCIDENT DRUG TEST.

October 27, 2006 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMING BELT RIDE AND RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP OF THE BELT RIDE.

September 11, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE RAN TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING OFF THE ROAD & ON TO ITS SIDE IN A DITCH. RESULT OF DRIVER ERROR.

June 27, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP WHEN HE STARTED TO RAISE THE BED OF THE TRUCK, A ROCK KICKED OUT FROM UNDER THE RIGHT TIRE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO OVER TURN.

March 9, 2006 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS JARRED WHILE RIDING IN MANTRIP. EMPLOYEE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 5/8/06.

January 16, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL WITH A BUGGY, RAN OVER A ROCK AND WAS SLAMMED INTO THE BUGGY'S TOP.

May 30, 2001 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DUMPING HIS LOAD AT THE DUMP AREA WHEN THE BED OF TRUCK STARTED DOWN IT JARRED HIM IN THE SEAT CAUSING PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

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