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September 6, 1997 OH · Coal auger helper POWERED HAULAGE
C A M Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE A PASSENGER IN A PICKUP TRUCK ON PIT ROAD WHEN DRIVER HIT 3 POTHOLES CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF TRUCK, CAUSING SPRAIN/STRAIN OF NECK AND MID BACK ALSO RIGHT ARM PAIN.

September 30, 1991 OH · Coal auger helper POWERED HAULAGE
C.A.M. Co. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STATIONED ON THE PORTABLE CONVEYOR, EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK OUT OF THE AUGERED COAL. HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

December 20, 1989 OH · Coal auger helper POWERED HAULAGE
C.A.M. Co. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

PICKING ROCK OUT OF COAL ON MAIN CONVEYOR LUMP OF COAL ROLLED BACK DOWN CONVEYOR SMASHING INTO RIGHT POINTER FINGER SUFFERED GASH IN FINGER.

April 20, 1988 OH · Coal auger helper POWERED HAULAGE
C A M Company · Struck against a moving object

BACKED LOADED COAL TRUCK ON TO STOCKPILE ON AN UNEVEN AREA. WHILE DUMPING OAD HOIST SUPPORT BROKE AND BED AND TRUCK ROLLED OVER ON DRIVERS SIDE THE DIRECTION THAT TRUCK WAS LEANING. DRIVER AGGRAVATED EXISTING INJURY TO UPPER BACK NECK.

June 7, 1985 OH · Coal auger helper POWERED HAULAGE
C A M Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WHILE REACHING FOR THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH HANDLE - THROUGH THE DESIGNATED OPENING IN THE BELT GUARD - HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE MAIN DRIVE BELTS FOR UNKNOWN REASONS PULLING HIS HAND AROUND THE BELT DRIVE PULLEY. TWO FINGERS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED, THE MIDDLE FINGER WAS BADLY INJURED.

September 28, 1983 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C.A.M. Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNHOOKING A COAL CONVEYOR FROM OUR TRUCK ONE OF THE WHEELS ROLLED AOVER ONE OF THE BLOCKS THAT HAD BEEN POSITIONED UNDER BOTH WHEELS AND CAUSED ATHE BOTTOM END OF THE CONVEYOR TO SWING AROUND VERY FAST AND KNOCKED THE EMPLOYEE THAT WAS HELPING OFF HIS FEET AND BROKE ONE OF THE BONES IN HIS LEFT LEG--ALSO CUTTING THE ARTERY.

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