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October 7, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Yager Materials LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE FELL ASLEEP WHILE HAULING TO THE IMPACT CRUSHER UNDERGROUND AND STRUCK A PILLAR.

January 7, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Yager Materials LLC · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS LEAVING THE IMPACT CRUSHER UNDERGROUND & DID NOT LET HIS BED DOWN. THE BED HUNG INTO THE CEILING CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS CHIN ON THE STEERING WHEEL.

May 12, 2003 KY · Metal/Non-Metal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Yager Materials LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING IN MINE & HIT A POT HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK.

February 3, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Yager Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONVEYOR BELTS WERE FROZEN TO GROUND. EMPLOYEES WERE CHIPPING AND DIGGING FROZEN MATERIAL FROM UNDER BELTS. OPERATOR HAD STOPPED BELT WHEN EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM TAIL PULL EY, OPERATOR WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND STARTED BELT.

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