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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, 1990IL · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
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, 1990IL · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
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, 1990IL · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
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, 1990IL · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
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, 1990IL · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
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.
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, 1990IL · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
SQUEEZED BETWEEN RIB AND FEEDER.
January 18, 1990IL · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)POWERED HAULAGE
DRIVING SCOOP AND HIT A HOLE IN THE TRAVELWAY CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN, STRAINING HIS LOW BACK.
January 2, 1990IL · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED 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, 1990IL · Coalutility man, errand boy, service truck operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
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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