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March 2, 1987 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS P6LLING 5 LOADED TRACK CLEANING CARS OUT OF 9 RT HAD TOO MUCH WEIGHT FOR ONE MOTOR MOTOR JUMPED OFF TRACK EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF MOTOR AND HIT HIS SHOULDER

February 10, 1987 OH · Coal belt cleaner, picker POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS TRYING3TO GET SLOPE BELT BACK INLINE WITH BAR, BAR GOT CAUGHT BY BELT FORCING HIS HANDS INTO AN OVERHEAD BEAM

February 4, 1987 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING REAR MOTOR WHEN IT BECAME UNCOUPLED FROM FRONT M OTOR & 3 COAL CARS THE FRONT MOTOR PROCEEDCED THE CARS & MOTOR BEGAN TO DRIFT BACK GRADE TOWARD REAR MOTOR EMPLOYEE TRIE D TO SWING TROL5EY POLE TO REVERSE DIRECTION COAL CARS COLLIDED WITH REAR MOTOR TROLLEY POLE WHIPPED & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RT SIDE OF HEAD

December 9, 1986 OH · Coal belt cleaner, picker POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING BELT STRUCTURE WITH 10 TON MOTOR WHEN IT CAME INTO COANTACT WITH A BOLTER CABLE PULLING STRUCTURE BACK ON HIM.

November 17, 1986 OH · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A PETITO MULE,HAULING SHIELD ACROSS TRACK,BACK OF MULE CAME UP IN AIR AND CAUSED OPERATOR TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.

September 2, 1986 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON FLANGE OF COAL CAR BENT OVER TO LIFT THE COUPLER RING SLIPPED WITH FOOT LANDING ON TRACK RAIL AND WHEEL RAN OVER FOOT.

July 22, 1986 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN A JEEP, TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF TROLLEY WIRE AND STRUCK HIS HAND.

June 23, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3A PARKED PORTAL BUSWHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A SUPPLY MOTOR.

May 21, 1986 OH · Coal belt vulcanizer POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WSAS TRAMMI3G SHUTTLECAR FORWARD HIT TRAM LEVEL A SECOND TIME AND SHUTTLECAR MOVED TO THE LEFT PINNING HIS FOOT AGAINST THE RIB

May 15, 1986 OH · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS PULLING3RAIL WITH JEEP THE OPERATOR HIT THE BRAKE CAUSING EMP TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL INTO THE FRAME OF THE JEEP

April 17, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING ON REAR OF JEEP WHEN HE RAISED HIS HEAD TOO HIGH AND STRUCK HIS SAFETY HAT ON A CAP BLOCK IN ROOF.

April 8, 1986 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS TRAMMIN1 SCOOP DOWN TGRACK ENTRY WHEN WHEELS HIT A HOLE BOUNCING EMPLOYEE INTO CANOPY

April 1, 1986 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING THE RAIL OFF THE TAKE-UP WHILE THE CARRIAGE WAS MOVING AND GOT 2 FINGERS CAUGHT UNDER THE WHEEL ON THE CARRIAGE.

March 25, 1986 OH · Coal brattice man/worker POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL OPERATING 8COOP ON SECTION WHEN HE HIT BUMP IN TRAM ROAD AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST ROOF OF DA//CANOPY.

March 6, 1986 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS OPERATI3G A POTAL BUS WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A 50 TON MOTOR

March 6, 1986 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS A 1ASSENGER IN A PORTAL BUS WHEN IT COLLIDED WITHA 50 TON MOTOR

March 6, 1986 OH · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS A PASSE3GER IN A PORTAL BUS WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A 50 TON MOTOR

February 25, 1986 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL GETTING OF0 MOTOR WHEN HE REACHED FOR HANDHOLD INTO OPENING TO TRUCK JOURNALS STOPPING ACTION OF MOTOR MASHED DOWN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

February 25, 1986 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL IN PARKED 4OTOR WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY SUPPLY MOTOR.

January 31, 1986 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ON MOTO9 WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER MOTOR.

January 14, 1986 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BE3T OVER SPOTTING BELT ROLLER WHEN A STONE FELL BETWEEN PLANKS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK, AND RIGHT SHOULDER, KNOCKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.

December 23, 1985 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS TAKING 9MPTIES UP MAINLINE WHEN LOADS THAT WERE PARKED IN PASSWAY DRIFTED ONTO MAINLINE CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE LOADS, THE MOTOR JUMPED TRACK AND POLE CAME OFF AND HIT TOP, KNOCKING STON E DOWN WHICH ST9UCK HIM ABOVE LEFT EYE

December 20, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS RUNNING3A S/C WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE TRAM ROAD AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY

December 14, 1985 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING IN MIDDLE OF TRACK, SCOOP CAR WAS TRAMMING ACROSS TRACK AND CAUGHT THE TRACK DRAGGING HIM UNDER THE TRACK, TRAPPING BOTH FEET.

December 2, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL OPERATING 50 TON MOTOR,TOOK TROLLEY POLE OFF WIRE WITH AIR PRESSURE.HAND SLIPPED OFF AIR CONTROL BUTTON CAUSING POLE TO STRIKE MINE ROOF AND BREAK,POLE SWUNG TOWARD EMPL AND HE TWISTED KN EE WHILE AVOIDI3G POLE.

November 25, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL IN STOPPED3JEEP WHEN ANOTHER JEEP RAN INTO IT.

November 21, 1985 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING LOADS TO EAST , CABLE WAS HANGING DOWN, CAUGHT ON CORNER OF COVER ON MOTOR IN FRONT OF POLE BASE, THROWING IT INTO EMPLOYEE HITTING HIM IN CHEST.

October 22, 1985 OH · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TO MINER WHEN HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON TOP OF THE CANOPY.

October 2, 1985 OH · Coal safety director POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS SWITCHING AROUND A JEEP WHEN A 50 TON MOTOR CAME AROUND THE TURN AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK THE JEEP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN ABOUT 50 FEET

September 14, 1985 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN JEEP WHEN THE POLE CAME OFF HIT THE TOP AND WHIPPED BACK STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER

September 5, 1985 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS RIDING INTO MINE IN BUS AND GOT DIRT IN HIS EYE

September 4, 1985 OH · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE STEERING POST.

August 30, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON #9 JEEP WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH #19 MOTOR

August 17, 1985 OH · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A CHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY.

August 1, 1985 OH · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS MOVING PORTAL BUS & HIT HIS HEAD ON A HEADER BLOCK.

July 18, 1985 OH · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CUTTING CARS AT SPOTTER HE HAD BAR IN COUPLER RING WHEN CARS TE EMP WAS CUTTING CARS AT SPOTTER HE HAD BAR IN COUPLER RING WHEN CARS TRAMMED FORWARD PULLING HIS LEFT SHOULDER

June 19, 1985 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO GET COAL CAR BACK ON TRACK WITH CABLE THE CABLE WAS PLACED IN THE EYE OF THE MOTOR AND SECURED WITH A DRILL STEEL THE STEEL SNAPPED STRIKING THE MINE ROOF FIRST THEN THE EMPLOYEE

May 31, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING SPILLAGE NEAR TAILPIECE ONTO CONVEYOR BELT THE BELT WAS RESTARTED CUAING TAILPIECE TO JUMP AND STRIKE HIS LEG

May 30, 1985 OH · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SPREAD SLAG BY SLAG CARS, AS HE MOVED TOWARD THE HEAD OF THE CAR HE CLIMBING ON THEFRONT PLATFORM. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE FLAGGED THE CARS TO MOVE AND WHEEL RAN OVER INJURED EMP LOYEES FOOT.

May 21, 1985 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS HOLDING A WOODER AIR LOCK TRACK DOOR OPEN WHILE A SECOND MAN PULLED A LOWBOY THROUGH WITH A MOTOR. I,NAME MISJUDGED THE CLEARANCE AND OT HIS RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE LOWBO Y, BRUISING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

May 6, 1985 OH · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE SWITCHING BARGES, BARGES COLLIDED THROWING EMPLOYEE TO THE DECK OF THE BARGE THAT WAS UNDER TOE.

April 23, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING JEEP, HE TRIED TO STOP TO OPEN A DOOR BUT THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING HIM TO RUN INTO THE DOOR. THE FORCE OF THE CRASH TORE THE DOOR OFF ITS HINGES AND THE DOOR FELL BACK ON TOP OF THE OPERATOR.

April 22, 1985 OH · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS COUPLING COAL CARS WHEN ANOTHER EE WHO WAS RUNNING MOTOR HIT CHAIN TOO HARD CAUSING CHAIN TO BREAK BROKEN CHAIN STRUCK IUNJURED EE ON THE LEG.

April 9, 1985 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS WORKING NEAR CONVEYOR BELT WHEN IT OVERLOADED AND STARTED SPILLING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY HE STRUCK HIS SIDE ON A SECTION OF STEEL STRUCTURE

April 9, 1985 OH · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A MINER WHEN A S/C RAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE INNER FRAME OF THE KITCHEN.

April 6, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

11 LT 450 LW.OXYGEN & ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED BY ARMOURED LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR.ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUPTURED BY FEATHERED TEAR 3/4\\ X 7\\ LONG.RUPTURED CYLINDER IGNITED CAUSING THE INJURIES.

April 6, 1985 OH · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CIRCUMSTATIAL EVIDENCE INKICATES THAT OWYGEN AND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED BY THE ARMORED LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR. THE ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUPTURED AS INDICATED TY A FEATHE ERED TEAR 3/4" WIDE X 7" LONG. THE RUPRURED ACETYLENE CYLINDER IGINTED CAUSING THE INJURIES.

April 6, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

OWYGEN AND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED BY ARMOURED LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR.ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUPTURED AS INDECATED BY FEATHERED TEAR 3/4\\ X 7\\ LONG .RUPTURED CYLINDER IGNI TED CAUSING INJURIES.

April 6, 1985 OH · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Quarto Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE INDENCE THAT OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING TRANPORTED BY THE ARMORED LONG WALL FACE CONVEYOR. THE ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS WERE BEING RUPTORTED BY THE ARMORED LONG WALL FACE CONVEYOR. THE ACETYLENE CYLINDER WAS RUPTURED AS INDECATED BY A FEATHERED TEAR 3/4" WIDE BY 7"LONG THE RUPTURED ACETYLENE CYLINDER CYLENDER IGNITED CAU

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