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September 28, 2012 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Run Mining, Inc · Struck against a moving object

The loader operator was digging a rock off of the edge of the pit when the rock slipped off of the loader bucket, rolled into the pit causing the back end of the loader to bounce up and down in the pit and later he felt pain in his back and neck. EE started missing on 10/5/2012.

September 28, 2012 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Big Run Mining, Inc · Struck against a moving object

The truck operator had backed the truck to the toe of the berm, set the dump brake & was dumping the load when the spoil material hung against the tail gate causing the front end of the truck to be lifted into the air causing the cab to turn onto it's side. He was taken to the hospital, was examined, released & returned to work & finished working the remainder of the shift.

October 5, 2011 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Big Run Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee dumping D300E articulating truck. Load stuck, raising cab off ground, allowing cab to turn onto its side.

February 15, 2011 KY · Coal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Run Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's hand and wrist began to swell and became sore. He states that climbing into and out of the cab of the articulating truck caused the swelling. He did not fall.

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