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April 7, 2017 CO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Loading 8" x 10" x 11" H-beam onto a flat bed trailer with fork lift. The injured attached a chain to the beam to reposition it on the trailer. When the fork lift raised off the bed, the chain slipped causing the beam to roll hitting pinning ee right hand between the beam and trailer resulting in an amputation of the tip of the middle and index fingers.

June 29, 2014 CO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was watering roadways. When she made a left turn from a crosscut to the entry the water car contacted the rib. The employee had her left foot outside of the cab line and her left ankle was fractured.

January 12, 2013 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee was traveling outside in a mantrip. The mantrip traveled into a hole in the roadway. The employee was bounced off of the seat and onto his lunch bucket.

September 18, 2012 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While the employee was attempting to re-set a circuit breaker on a diesel skid steer a battery hauler struck the skid steer pinning the employee between the pieces of equipment

March 8, 2011 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

The employee was riding in a mantrip traveling into the mine. The mantrip hit a pothole in the road. The employee bumped his head on the roof of the trip. Upon investigation the incident appears to have avergatted an existing condition.

August 15, 2009 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured was shoveling a rib between a skidsteer and a 3 1/2 scoop. The skidsteer operator shut his machine off and as he was getting out, but before he could place a wheel chock, the skidsteer rolled downhill and caught the injured person between it and the bucket of the scoop.

March 12, 2009 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee moved between the rib and the bucket of E-19 scoop when the operator moved the machine.

March 14, 2008 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

Was operating a pickup truck on slick roads and slid thru intersection and into irrigation canal, wrecking truck and fracturing collar bone.

November 5, 2007 CO · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

Transporting materials on forks of bobcat skidster, losing a crib block, stopping to pick it up he stopped behind another material hauler. That operator did not see the skid steer behind him and backed up pinning employee between the two pieces of equipment.

April 8, 2007 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

On 4/10/07 the employee reported that on 4/8/07 while operating a skid steer loader he ran over a windrow of coal. The cab hooked a power cable hung from the roof. The cab raised up and then came down on his foot.

August 28, 2006 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

While operating a wagner scoop the employee hit a pot hole in the roadway. He struck his head on the cab. His safety glasses cut his face.

August 1, 2006 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUCKET OF SCOOP WAS DROPPED ON FOOT.

May 16, 2006 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bowie Resources LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee turned a corner with a shuttle car. Bolting wrenches stored in the rib mesh were flipped into the operator's cab. The wrenches struck the employee in the right ear.

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