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April 13, 1999 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING UNIT SCOOP, HE FLIPPED ROOF BOLTER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY, INJURING LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT HIP. THIS IS A REOCCURANCE OF OLD INJURY THAT WAS DATED 11-3-98.

February 18, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING ON MINE FLOOR AT THE FIRST AID BOX, CLEANING HIS SIDE CUTTERS, WHEN THE UNIT SCOOP CAME BY RUNNING OVER BOTH FEET. (MASHED & BRUISED) UNIT SCOOP OPERATOR DIDN'T SEE EE BEC AUSE OPERATOR WAS ON OPPSITE SIDE OF INJURED PERSON.

August 25, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A S & S SCOOP. HE TRAMMED SCOOP OVER A END OF A PROP BOUNCING HIM IN SEAT, STRAINING LOWER LEFT HIP.

June 7, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING D.P.RIDE, PULLING A PIECE OF 2" PLASTIC WATER LINE, OPERATOR LOOKED BACK TO CHECK ON WATER LINE. WHEN HE LOOKED BACK, HE WENT THRUBLOCK CURTAIN ON SUPPLY RD JAMMING NECK.

February 17, 1997 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE WALKING BESIDE SHUTTLE CAR THE CAR TURNED PINNING LEFT FOOT AGAINST RIB. FRACTURED BONE ONEACH SIDE OF LEFT FOOT, ALSO PULLED LIGEMENTS INLEFT ANKLE

December 3, 1996 KY · Coal supply man, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A BATTERY POWERED GOLF CART ON SUPPLY ROAD (SURFACE LOCATION) WHEN HE APPRENTLY LOST CONTROL, CAUSING THE GOLF CART TO FLIP ON TOP OF VICTIM.

August 7, 1996 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

RIDING UP SLOPE ON OPEN MANTRIP DID NOT LOWER HIS HEAD WHEN APPROACHED A CROSSBEAM. CUT RT SIDE OF HEAD AND BROKE NOSE. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL AUGUST 12,1996.

March 16, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

INJURED PERSON WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND RAN INTO RIB WITH HIS CAR THROWING HIMSELF INTO CANOPY POST JAMMING HIS NECK.

January 4, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING LOADER BAKCWARD WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN A LUMP OF COAL AND THE LOADER SEAT BRUISING THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

December 15, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKING A PART TO UNIT WHEN HE WENT THRU A HEAVY CURTAIN ON HIS RIDE WHILE TRYING TO KEEP CURTAIN OFF OF HIM WITH RIGHT HAND SOMEWAY OR ANOTHER HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.

October 13, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE SAID HE HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN ROAD & JAMMED HIS BACK.

April 8, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED PERSON WAS DRIVING A RIB RUNNER AND FAILED TO MAKE A TURN IN THE SUPPLY ROAD AND RAN INTO THE COAL RIB AND HIT HIS MOUTH ON THE STERING WHEEL CUTTING HIS LIP AND CHIPPING A TOOTH.

December 8, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED PERSON WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP THAT HIT A HOLE IN THE RAMP ON ROADWAY AND BRUISED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK BY LANDING ON HIS SELF-RESCUER.

November 10, 1992 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED PERSON WAS DRIVING A CAR AND RAN INTO RIB OF COAL HE WAS JARRED CAUSING A BROKEN BONE IN LEFT ANKLE.

September 12, 1992 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED PERSON WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE SAID IT BOTTOMED OUT IN A RUT AND JAMMED HIS LOWER BACK.

June 16, 1992 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

INJURED PERSON WAS LOADING COAL WHEN A PIECE OF COAL RIB ROLLED OFF STRIKING HIM IN RT SIDE & RIB CAGE

August 4, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED PERSON WAS GETTING WORK TOOLS TOGETHER WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN SUPPLY TRAILER AND GOLF CART.

July 25, 1991 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED PERSON WAS RIDING IN UNIT MANTRIP TO OUTSIDE PORTAL WHEN MANTRIP HIT POTHOLE IN SUPPLY ROAD CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF MANTRIP AND JAMMED HIS NECK.

June 11, 1991 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED PERSON WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE BECAME ENTANGLED WITH CHECK CURTAIN & BAGGED DOWN MACHINE CABLE & LEFT FOOT GOT BETWEEN CAR DECK & BOTTOM BREAKING LEFT ANKLE

August 7, 1990 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED MAN WAS PUSHING ON GOLF CART THAT WAS HUNG UP IN MUD HOLE. GOLF CART TOOK OFF AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

August 2, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED MAN WAS HELPING TO MOVE A BELT FEEDER. THERE WAS NO POWER ON FEEDER. WAS PULLING THE FEEDER WITH A SCOOP, SOME HYDRAULICHOSES GOT UNDER THE FEEDER TRACK HE HOOKED A CHAIN AROUND THE HO SES TO PULL THEM FREE WITH THE SCOOP. AS HE LOOKED TO SEE IF THEY WERE COMING LOOSE THE CHAIN BROKE HITTING HIM OVER AND AROUND THE LEFT EYE.

May 11, 1988 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED MAN WAS FASTENING A CHAIN FROM SCOOP TO A POWER BOX TO BE MOVED HE SIGNALED THE SCOOP OPERATOR TO COME BACK ABOUT A FOOT THE SCOOP OPERATOR PUSHED THE TRAM LEVER AND THE SCOOP JUMPED. THE INJURED MAN DID NOT RELIZE HE WAS SO CLOSE TO A PROP AND THE SCOOP CAUGHT HIS LEGS BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND PROP.

November 17, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED EMPLOYE9 WASA PASSENGER ON A CONVERTED GOLF CART COMING OFF THE WORKING SECTION AT QUITTING TIME THEY PASSED THROUGH A CURTAIN HANGING IN THE SUPPLY ROAD THERE WAS A BATTERY CHARGER AG AINST THE RIB 5ND INJURED MAN'S KNEE WAS HANGING OVER AND CAUGHT THE CHARGER PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIS HIP AND KNEE.

February 28, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Fall from machine

INJURED EMPLOYE9 WAS TAKING A GROVE CRANE INTO THE PIT(BOXCUT) TO SET A PUMP DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE INCLINE THE CRANE LOST IT'S POWER CAUSING THE LOSS OF BRAKES. THE OPERATO R JUMPED OFF IN4URING HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND THE CRANE TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.

January 14, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED MAN WAS3DRIVING A S/C & WAS PULLIUNG THRU A X-CUT UNDER HANGING CABLE 3 THE CANOPY ON THE CAR HUNG INTO THE CABLE & PULLED IT DOWN HIUTTING THE OP ON THE BACK OF T HE HEAD.

December 29, 1986 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS SITTING 3N A S/C WAITING TO DUMP A LOAD OF COAL ON FEEDER. BRAKES ON ADJACENT CAR RELEASED. CAR ROLLED INTO SIDE OF I.NAMES CAR & PINNED HIM IN. BRUISED RT SHOULDER & RT FOOT.

October 21, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING EUC UP RAMP OUT OF PIT WET LOAD HE WAS CARRYING SHIFTED TRUCK RARED UP AND DUMPED LOAD WHEN THE EUC FELL DOWN TO ALL FOURS AGAIN EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN INTO STEERING WHEEL AR EA AROUND RT EY9 WAS LACERATED

October 10, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS DRIVING 9UC DOWN RAMP INTO A PIT WHEN HE DOWNSHIFTED EUC SPED UP & BRAKES FAILED EUC HIT AN AMBANKMENT & EE WAS THROWN FORM THE CAB LEFT WRIST BROKEN & BACK WAS LACERATED.

August 24, 1984 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Sextet Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE TENSION ON FAN BELT OF FRONT END LOADER WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE UNAWARE OF I,NAME PRESENCE STARTED THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT I,NAME HAD TO HAVE A PARTIAL APMUTATION OF HIS LEFT THUMB.

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