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1983–2026
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December 12, 1984 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER ON A PLASTIC WATER LINE.

October 15, 1984 PA · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE MAN WAS WORKING WHEN HE INHALED FUMES FROM AN OVERHARGED BATTERY MOTOR.

July 19, 1984 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RAN OVER A BENT RAIL, CAUSING THE RAIL TO COME UP AND STRIKE HIS NECK AND SHOULDER AREA (POSSIBLE CERVICAL SPRAIN)

May 1, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS CROSSING OVER A BELT THAT HAD STOPPED WHEN HE WA ON THE BELT IT STARTED UP, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OFF OF THE BELT. HE STRUCK HIS CHEST AGAINST A BELT SUPPORT CHAIN

April 16, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. HE HAD HIS HAND RESTING ON THE RUBBER STOP BLOCK BETWEEN THE HINGE POINT ON THE SCOOP. WHEN HE TURNED THE SCOOP HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE FRAME & STOP.

March 2, 1984 PA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS RIDING ON A 3 WHEELED PERSONNEL CARRIER. WHILE RIDING, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A HEADER BOARD.

January 3, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS RIDING ON A TRACK JEEP THEJEEP SLID INTO A PARKED MANTRIP. THE MAN BRACED HIMSELF WITH HIS LEG CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN A KNEE. HE ALSO STRUCK HIS LEG ON THE JEEP SEAT.

December 22, 1983 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS IN #5 ENTRY WHEN HE WAS RUN OVER BY A SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO THE UPPER BODY AND A LACERATION OF THE NOSE

December 3, 1983 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRAM A STAMLER FEEDER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT ARM BETWEEN A TAIL JACK AND THE FEEDER

November 10, 1983 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN RAN OVER POST WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLECAR THE POST FLEW BACK STRIKING THE MAN ON THE LEG

October 12, 1983 PA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS STANDING ALONG SIDE OF A CONTINOUS MINER, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A DN CAUGHT BETWEEN A SHUTTLE CAR AND CONTINOUS MINER.

September 27, 1983 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS STANDING ALONG THE TRACK SUPERVISINGREMOVAL OF SOME LOOSE BELTING, THE BELT AS IT WAS BEING PULLED BY A JEEP FLIPPED OVER & STRUCK THE MAN ON THE NOSE & MOUTH.

August 3, 1983 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR-RUNNIGN UNDER RUN THROUGH CHECK,DISLODGED ROCK ON BOARD CAUSING IT TO FALL ONTO CAR AND THEN ON NECK.

July 22, 1983 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object

THE MAN WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD A CABLE FROM A SUPPLY CAR HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS FOOT TO GO UNDER THE SUPPLY CAR WHEEL THE T RA CTOR OPERATOR TRAMMED THE TRACTOR RUNNING OVER THE MANS FOOT

June 13, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN WAS TRIPPED BY A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHILE HE WAS W%ALKING IN THE SECTION

May 16, 1983 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS UNHOOKING A SUPPLY CAR FROM THE BACK OF A SCOOP. WHEN THE OPERATOR MOVED THE SCOOP TO RELEASE TENSION ON THE PIN. KOFFMAN\S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PIN AND SCOOP BATTERIES.

May 13, 1983 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE MAN STATED THAT AFTER HE HAD PERFORMED HIS DUTIES AS A MINER HELPER, HE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY WITH AN INCIDENT TO RELATE TO HIS INJURY.

April 19, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE SHUTTLE CAR CABLE FROM ROADWAY SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR STARTED THE CAMP CAUSING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE TO STRIKE MAN IN FACE

March 1, 1983 PA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A SCOOP, WHEN HE RAN OVER A 4" PLASTIC WATER LINE. THE PLASTIC LINE STRUCK THE MAN ACROSS THE SHOULDER AND HEAD.

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