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August 23, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fausett International Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS RAISE AND SMASHED RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TIMBER CAR AND MOTOR.

July 10, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

SCISSORLIFT MAN TRIP WAS PUT INTO REVERSE TO LET A TRUCK BY, MOTOR DIED AND FREE WHEELED TO THE NEXT CORNER STRICKING RIB.

November 5, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON SURFACE OPERATING THE 8 YD LOADER REMOVING WASTE ROCK FROM HOIST PAD HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE SKIP POSITION NOR COULD HE SEE FLASHING LIGHT BECAUSE OF THICK FOG & RAIN WHILE MAKING A CLEAN UP RUN SKIP DUMPED A LOAD OF WASTE ROCK ONTO LOADER HE SUSTGAINED A SM.LACERATION ON L.HAND MINOR DAMAGE TO LAODER BROKEN WINDSHIELD HEADLIGHTS STEERING WHEEL

November 2, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 25 TON UNDERGROUND HAULAGE TRUCK AFTER MAKING SEVERAL RUNS TO SURFACE HEAD FROM ENGINE RADIATED INTO OPERATORS COMPARTMENT CAUSING 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RT.FOO T BURNS LATER BECAME INFECTED & HE WILL BE OFF WORK FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS

July 6, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 25 TON UNDERGROUND HAULAGE TRUCK. HE MADE 6 OR 7 RUNS TO SURFACE. THE HEAT FROM THE ENGINE RADIATED INTO THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN S TO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

June 23, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL WAS ON SURACE OPERATING 560 HOUGH FRONT END LOADER MOVING STOCKPILE NEAR HOIST. AS HE WAS INSIDE CAB OPERATING LOADER END OF LARGE HYDRAULIC HOSE BLEW OFF SPRAYING HIM WITH HOT HYD. FLUI D. WINDHSIELD HAD RECENTLY BEEN DAMAGED & REMOVED. HYD. FLUID CAUSED BURNS TO HIS LEFT SIDE & ARM. HE SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS ABDOMEN ON HIS LEFT SIDE.

June 6, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING INTO AN UNDERGROUND WAREHOUSE AREA MUCKBAY BETWEEN THE 1152L AND THE 1284 LEVEL AND WHEN HE WAS PULLING OUT HIS HAULAGE TRUCK HIT THE OPPOSITE RIB AND SEVERAL SMALL ROCKS FELL INTO THE CAB. HE SUSTAINED A 11/2 INCH LACERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD AND ALSO A SMALL LACERATION TO IS LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED SUSTURES NO LOST TIME.

April 20, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP A 25 TON TRUCK ON THE 880 LEVEL TO BE LOADED WITH BOULDERS. AS HE WAS BACKING UP, THE LEFT REAR TIRE RODE UP ON A SMALL BOULDER AND THEN SLIPPED OFF CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BOUNCE AND INJURE HIS BACK. THE ROCK HAD BEEN SPILLED ONTO THE ROAD WHEN OTHER TRUCKS WERE BEING LOADED WITH OVERSIZE BOULDERS.

December 2, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS CO4ING FROM THE 1020L TO THE 1284 LEVEL IN HIS EMPTY TRUCK. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HIS TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE THE TRUCK IN FULL CONTROL AND THE TRUCK SM ASHED INTO THE 9IB AT THE 1152 MUCKBAY. THE DRIVER WAS PINED INSIDE OF THE TRUCK AND HAD TO BE CUT OUT. HE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES AND CONTUSTIONS.

July 31, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck by powered moving object

WORKMAN WAS RID3NG ON MAN CARRIER WHEN IT BROKE DOWM.HE TRIED TO CATCH A RIDE ON A TRUCK THAT WAS NEARBY.HE DISCOVERED THE TRUCK WAS PARTIALLY LOADED SO HE STOOD AGAINST THE EAST RIB OF THE D RAWPOINT PLACIN1 HIMSELF BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE TRUCK.THE TRUCK DRIVER STARTED TO MOVE NOT REALIZING THAT THE MAN WAS THERE.THE WORKER SLIPPED AND FOOT GOT RUN OVER BY TIRE OF TRUCK.

May 17, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ BACKED HIS 5OADER INTO THE GRIZZLY BECAUSE OF STEERING PROBLEM. HE LIFTED THE COMPARTMENT TO CHECK STEERING CYLINDERS, MOVED THE JOY STICK, LOADER TURNED HARD LEFT AND LID FOR THE COMPARTM ENT CAME DOWN O3 HIS FINGER

April 27, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS DRIVING A HAULAGE TRUCK IN THE DECLINE.THE TRUCK HIT A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND CAUSED INJURY TO HIS BACK.THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5-3-87 WHEN HIS BACK PA IN WORSENED AND3WAS KEPT OFF WORK.

April 4, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

INJ EMP WAS HAN1ING FANLINE IN THE DECLINE. HE WAS RIDING ON THE MANTRIP WORK DECK WHEN THE MANTRIP TIRE HIT A BOULDER AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL DOWN ON THE WORK DECK STRIKING HIS SHOULDER

January 2, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WAS3DRIVING A TRUCK DOWN THE DECLINE WHEN THE STEERING WENT OUT AND THE TRUCK TURNED INTO THE RIB. IT BOUNCED OFF THE LEFT RIB AND HIT THE RIGHT RIB AND STOPPED. THE DASH BENT IN T OWARDS THE SEAT3AND THE STEERING COLUMN HIT HIS KNEE AND LEG.

December 16, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS IN A LO5DER BUCKET SCALING LOOSE ROCK FROM THE BACK AND RIBS OF THE 128'4 ACCESS. HE HAPPENED TO LOWER THE SCALING BAR OVER HIS FOOT TO HIT A LOOSE ROCK, AT THE SAME MOMENT THE LOADER OPERATOR ROLLED3THE BUCKET BACK. WHILE THE SCALING BAR WAS STILL OVER HIS FOOT, IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BACK. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE SCALING BAR AND THE LOACER BUCKET

June 8, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING A H5ULAGE TRUCK AND THE BOUNCING OF THE TRUCK OVER THE ROAD CAUSED MUSCLE DAMAGE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

March 7, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Callahan Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME STANDING3IN 880 HAULAGE DRIFT.AS HAUL TRUCK WENT BY IT PUSHED ROCK TO SIDE WITH TIRE PINNING I.NAME LEFT FOOT BETWEEN 2 ROCKS AND BREAKING IT.

December 5, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Fausett Mine Services · Fall from machine

RIDING IN CAB 2F 26-TON TRUCK WHEN A ROCK SHIFTED ON THE LOAD AND STRUCK AND BROKE A 6" AIR LINE. I.NAME WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK ONTO THE RIB OF THE TUNNEL. INJURIES INCLUDED PUNCTURED LUNG AND BLADDER, BR2KEN RIBS AND PELVIS, INTERNAL BLEEDING

November 7, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fausett Mine Services · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING3AN 8 YARD LOADER ON 900 DRAW LEVEL, A CHUNCK OF ROCK FELL OUT OF THE STOPE AND HIT ANOTHER ROCK LAYING ON THE BOTTOM, BREAKING OFF A SMALL CHUNK WHICH RICOCHETED OFF AND HIT HI M ON THE LEFT S3DE OF HIS FACE. REQUIRED 20 STICHES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

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