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December 11, 1984 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WORKMAN WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RAN IN A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY

October 1, 1984 IL · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN WAS RIDING ON REAR OF MANTRIP WHEN IT CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP ON THE BOTTOM HE STRUCK HIS HEAD & INJURED HIS KNEE.

August 29, 1984 IL · Coal rock duster POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WORKMAN WAS PUSHING POD DUSTER WITH UNITRAC AND UNITRAC BOUNCED AND MAN HIT LEAD ON CAB CAUSING STRAIN TO NECK

August 22, 1984 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKMAN WAS STRUCK IN LEFT LEG BY LOADER TAIL CAUSING FRACTURE TO FEMUR.

August 6, 1984 IL · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP STED HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPERATING A SUPPLY TRACTOR WHEN TRACTOR STRUCK A WOODEN TIMBER CAUSING THE TIMBER TO F ALL AND STRIKE RIGHT SHOULDER

May 23, 1984 IL · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKMAN WAS HIT IN RIBS BY STEEL SAW HORSE WHEN CONTACT CAME IN ON MANTRIP HE WAS WORKING ON AND MANTRIP PUSHED MAN INTO SAW HORSE.

May 3, 1984 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS SPREADING THE FORKS ON THE FORKLIFT, HE HAD THE FORK LIFTED UP AND WAS GOINT TO PULL IT OVER INTO THE REQUIRED POSITION WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. A TIRE FOR SHUTTLE CAR FELL AGAINST THE FOR KNOCKING IT DOWN MASHING HIS RIGHT HAND INFLICTING THIS INJURY CONTUSION AND FRACTURED TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.

April 16, 1984 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

HE WAS HELPING LOAD 7200 POWER CABLE ON A RUBBER TIRED WAGON IN THE MAIN EAST ENTRIES THE TIRE OF THE WAGON RAN OVER THE MANS LEFT FOOT INJURING

March 13, 1984 IL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP STATED HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPERATING A UNITRAC WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE MACHINE CANOPY

January 12, 1984 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WORKMAN RECEIVED FX TO LEFT FOOT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE SCOOP OUT OF WAY WHEN A WHILE RIDING ON MAN-TRIP AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE 2 MANTRIPS

September 13, 1983 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN STATED WAS OPERATION 613 TRA-SCRAPER, AND WHEN STARTED DOWN APPROX. 9 DEGREE SLOPE INTO #2 PIT THE BRAKE LINE (AIR) BROKE, AND LIFT HIM WITH NO BRAKES WHICH HE TRAVELED APPROX. 100 FT, AND HE STEERED TRA-SCRAPER INTO THE SIDE OF A BANK, AN BOUNCING AROUND INSIDE CAB CRACKED 3 RIBS 3 BRUISED HIM.

May 24, 1983 IL · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN T HE PROCESS OF WORKING ON A MANTRIP, WHEN THE CONTACTS STUCK IN REVERSE GEAR. THIS CAUSED THE MANTRIP TO KNOCK THE EE DOWN & RUN OVER HIS RIGHT KNEE WITH THE MANTRI P.

May 24, 1983 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING ON A GOLF CART BEHIND A MANTRIP WHEN THE CONTACTS IN THE MANTRIP STUCK CAUSING THE MANTRIP TO STICK IN REVERSE GEAR & STRIKE THE GOLF CART, PINNING EE IN THE SEAT OF THE CART.

May 3, 1983 IL · Coal brattice man/worker POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKMAN WAS TAKING PIN OUT OF WAGON THAT WAS CONNECTED TO UNTRAC AND UNITRAC JERKED CAUSING LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND TO BE PINCHED CAUSING LACERATION.

April 26, 1983 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND WHEN HE WENT THROUGH A PULL THROUGH CURTAIN WITH THE SHUTTLE, THE CURTAIN CAUGHT ON THE FENDER OF THE MACHINE, CAUSING THE FENDER TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.

March 28, 1983 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Zeigler Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

WORKMAN WAS ON GOLF CART AND CART ROLLED OVER WHILE GOING DOWN HAULAGE ROAD AND FELL ON MAN CAUSING FRACTURE TO RIB AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

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