EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP TO KNOCK OUT A STOPPING BETWEEN ENTRIES & CLEAN UP BLOCKS & OTHER MATERIAL. WHILE SCOOPING, THE BUCKET PICKED UP A 20' SECTION OF 4" DIAMETER HARD PLASTIC PIPE WITH A METAL COUPLING ON ONE END. THE END OF THE PIPE OPPOSITE THE OPERATOR HIT THE RIB & THE COUPLING END CAUGHT THE INNER CORNER OF THE BUCKET ON THEOPERATOR'S SIDE, BOWED & STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.
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January 30, 2003
KY · Coal
scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C
· Struck by flying object
August 30, 2002
KY · Coal
backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C.
· Struck against a moving object
DRIVER APPARENTLY DROVE TRUCK OVER THE HILL.
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