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July 9, 1990 IL · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING GOPHER WHEN IT HIT A RAIL STICKING UP AT CROSSCUT 29.HE STRUCK HIS CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL.

June 6, 1990 IL · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP BOUNCED MINER AROUND IN CAB HITTING HIS HEAD AND LEFT ELBOW.

May 16, 1990 IL · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING SCOOP, RAN OVER ROCKS, JARRED BACK.

April 6, 1990 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON TRAVELWAY, TRUCK TURNING AROUND CAUGHT CABLE WITH BUMPER, HITTING EMP ACROSS SHOULDER AND NECK; AREA

April 5, 1990 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A DOZER TO STRIP OVERBURDEN AT WEST FIELD HIGHWALL WHEN WHILE BACKING UP, HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK JARRING WHIP LASHING HIS NECK. RUPTURED DISK WAS REMOVED FROM HIS NECK. ON 4-19-90.

March 13, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HEADER BOARD FOR THE ISOLATION DOORS TO 12 CM 10'S POWER ENTRY FELL AND HIT I.NAME AS HE WAS DRIVING THE GOFER THROUGH THE DOOR.

March 8, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CLEANING BELT, THROWING A PIECE OF COAL ON THE BELT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND ON A BELT CHAIN AND BENT HIS LEFT ARM BACK.

March 6, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES "I WAS GUIDING A DEAD SCOOP BEING PUSHED BY ANOTHER SCOOP. THE SECOND SCOOP PICKED UP THE DEAD SCOOP AND DROPPED IT, JARRING MY BACK.

February 27, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR & SAID HE HIT A HOLE & HURT HIS TAILBONE HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK ON 03-07-90 HE SAID HE HAD TO HAVE SOME TIME OFF ON 03-09-90 HE SAID HE WAS OFF DUE TO ACCI DENT WITH SHUTTLE CAR

February 14, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR, TURNING CORNER, HIT RIB, HEAD HIT SHUTTLE CAR FRAME. CERVICAL STRAIN, RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN.

February 13, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

SHUTTLE CAR SHUT OFF, WHILE SHUTTLE CAR WAS STILL ROLLING FORWARD HE BENT FORWARD TO TURN IT BACK ON AND SHUTTLE CAR RAN INTO BACK OF MINER. HE WAS THROWN FORWARD AND HIT MINER TAIL.

February 7, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING MANBUS WHEN STEERING WHEEL SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT RIGHT THUMB.

February 6, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING SCOOP RAN OVER SOMETHING IN ROAD, HIT HEAD CANOPY

January 31, 1990 WV · Coal timberman POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR.HIT A BUMP IN ROADWAY AND BOUNCED UP AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY HURTING HIS NECK.

January 27, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING POD DUSTER WITH SCOOP. POD DUSTER SLIPPED OFF OF SCOOP BUCKET AND LANDED ON A CRIB TIE. THE CRIB TIE FLIPPED UP, STIKING EE IN THE FACE CAUSING CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS TO THE LIP, NOSE, AND CHIN.

January 27, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUGGY WAS HUNG UP, HOOKED A CHAIN TO ANOTHER BUGGY TO PULL IT OUT. CHAIN CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

January 26, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPER SCOOP PULLING DUSTER. JOSTLED AROUND RAN IN RIB

January 23, 1990 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING WITH OUTWARD ROCK SUPPLIER WHEN THEY HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROADWAY EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED HER NECK WAS JARRED EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR & RECEIVED A FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT ON HER NE CK

January 23, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP IN TRAVELWAY AND HIT A HOLE IN ROAD CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY OVER OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT, CAUSING PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN HIS NECK.

January 23, 1990 IL · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL WAS WORKING IN BREAKER HOUSE ROLLING ROCK OFF #70 BELT WHEN HE STRAINED LOWR BACK & PULLED MUSCLES IN BOTH GROINS. HAD SURGERY 2/6 FOR HERNIA REPAIR.

January 20, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SQUEEZED BETWEEN RIB AND FEEDER.

January 18, 1990 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

BRAKES WENT OUT IN A GOPHER THAT EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING. GOPHER HIT A SCOOP, EMPLOYEE BOUNCED AND STRAINED LOW BACK.

January 10, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING SCOOP JARRED BACK

January 3, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OOPER SHUT CAR, HIT HOLE IN ROAD, BOUNCED UP HIT HEAD ON CANOPY

January 3, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING SCOOP AND HIT A HOLE IN THE TRAVELWAY CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN, STRAINING HIS LOW BACK.

January 2, 1990 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS REMOVING A 6" X 2' LONG STEEL FROM SAW CONVEYOR, WHEN IT STARTED ROLLING OFF CONVEYOR, CAUSING HIM TO BACK UP AGAINST A SMALL SHORT MATERIAL RACK, CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

January 2, 1990 IL · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING SCOOP ALONG THE 7 TH. RAN OVER SOME LOOSE ROCK LYING ALONG THE ROAD JARRED HIMSELF

December 20, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRIVING SCOOP AND RAN ACROSS HIGH PRESSURE LINE. LINE BROKE HITTING MINER WITH HIGH PRESSURE STREAM.

December 15, 1989 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN GOFER. IT HIT A BUMP, BOUNCUING HIM IN THE AIR. HE LANDED ON HIS TESTICLE.

December 5, 1989 IL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RIDING IN A MANTRIP AND THE MANTRIP HE WAS RIDING IN HIT RIB. HIS RIGHT KNEE HIT THE FRONT OF THE MANTRIP.

November 20, 1989 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RIDING IN DOVE WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE DOVE STRUCK THE RIB,JARRING EMPLOYEE'S BACK.

September 29, 1989 IL · Coal timberman POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK CAME OFF PANLINE AND HIT RIGHT HAND LACERATION RIGHT FINGERS.

September 20, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RIDING IN BACK SEAT OF GOPHER WHICH RAN INTO RIB.MINER WAS THROWN FORWARD STRIKING BOTH KNEES /LEGS ON RAIL.SUTURES.

August 18, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

BACKING UP SCOOP WHILE UNLOADING TIES. WHEELS CAME UP OFF GROUND, CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND STRIKE HEAD ON CAB OF SCOOP.

July 25, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING SCOOP WHEN HE HIT A CRIB TIE LAYING IN THE ROADWAY IT BOUNCED HIM UP IN HIS SEAT AND HE LANDED BRUISING HIS TAIL BONE.

July 18, 1989 IL · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

1 1/2" PLUG ON MANIFOLD AT STAGELOADER FAILED AND MAN WAS HIT BY STREAM OF SOLCENIC SOLUTION WITH 4000 TO 6000 PSI RANGE.

July 18, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RIDING ON GOFER, GOFER SLIPPED OFF RAIL AND STRUCK RIB, CAUSING HIS LEFT KNEE TO HIT SEAT IN FRONT OF HIM.

July 17, 1989 IL · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS DRIVING A SCOOP WHEN A HIT A HOLE IN TRAVELWAY,HURTING LOW BACK.

July 17, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND HE TRAMMED OVER ROCK.IT BOUNCED HIM AGAINST BACK OF SEAT AND HURT HIS BACK.

June 10, 1989 IL · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LUG ON MOTOR CAME OFF ALLOWING CABLE TO STRIKE RIGHT ARM. WORKING WITH FRACTURE RIGHT STYLOID.

June 5, 1989 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RIDING IN TRUCK WHEN IT STRUCK RAIL.JARRED MINERS BACK AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON DASHBOARD.

May 18, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING PIN ON SHIELD DOLLY SCOOP MOVED AND CAUGHT R MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN PIN AND CRIB TIE LACERATION/FRACTURE R MIDDLE FINGER

May 18, 1989 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SHOVELING BELT TAIL WHILE DUMPING BUGGY ROCK FELL AND HIT L SIDE OF NECK CERVICAL STRAIN

May 16, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SAT DOWN TO WATCH GAUGES ON STAGE LOADER, WHEN ROCK FELL, STRIKING TOP OF RIGHT FOOT. CONTUSION RIGHT FOOT.

May 15, 1989 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STOPPED TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER MINER AND RESTED L HAND ON BACK OF CM AND WAS HIT THERE BY COAL HAULER

April 28, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING SCOOP. SCRAPPED RIB PIECE OF WINDSHIELD POPPED OFF STRIKING EMPL'S LEFT CHEEK CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

April 12, 1989 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SCOOP TO CLEAN ROADWAY AND HE SAID SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM UNDER FRONT WHEEL AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

April 10, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RAN INTO RIB WITH BUGGY,HIT L KNEE ON OTHER SEAT INTERNAL DERANGEMENT LEFT KNEE.BEGAN MISSING 08-11-89.

March 23, 1989 WV · Coal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS MOVING LOADED RR CAR FROM LOAD OUT DOWN TO BLOCKER CARS AND HE SAID THE RAIL TURNED OVER AND HE JUMPED OR FELL TO THE GROUND

March 9, 1989 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS DRIVING A EMPTY REMWILL 120 XXDUMP BACK TO THE PIT WHEN APPARENTLY A MISJUDGMENT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY TURNING OVER & CAUSING TO REST ON STATE ROAD 61 EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT & WAS THROWN ABOUT THE CAB RECEIVING BROKEN RT ARM ABOVE THE WRIST A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS NECK BELOW THE CHIN & NUMBEROUS BRUISES TO HIS LEGS & ARMS

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