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December 23, 1991 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WAS RAISING WHEELS ON A TRUSS BOLT SUPPLY CAR I THOUGHT HE HAD THE CAR SUPPORTED WITH SCOOP BUCKET BUT WHEN HE KNOCKED THE LAST HEEL SUPPORT PIN THE CAR & RAIL LANDED ON HIS FOOT HE HAD HIS F OOT UNDER CAR & DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE IN BLOCKING CAR

October 31, 1991 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING BATTEY RAM CAR HIT BUMP IN ROAD CAUSING JAMMED NECK.

October 4, 1991 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck by flying object

DRIVING DOWN HAULAGE ROAD SMALL PIECE OF DIRT GOT IN EYE.

September 20, 1991 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck by flying object

CLEANING INTAKE ENTRIES WITH SCOOP DUE TO VELOCITY GOT DIRT IN RIGHT EYE.

August 27, 1991 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

RIDING ON MEMCO AT END OF SHIFT HIT HEAD ON LOWER STEEL SET ALONG THE MAIN SOUTH TRAVELWAY CAUSING THE NECK TO BE STIFF & SORE

August 17, 1991 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING BATT RMA CAR & BOUNCE CAUSED BACK TO HURT. HE HAD BACK INJURY PRIOR TO THIS.

March 28, 1991 IL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS DRIVING A SCOOP WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND OUT ON TOP OF THE CANOPY AND IT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CANOPY AND THE ROOF.

March 24, 1991 IL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING RAM CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND BOUNCED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY.

January 14, 1991 IL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS PULLING UP BOLTER CABLE WITH SCOOP WHEN HE TIRED THE ROPE ON SCOOP THE OPERATOR SHOULD THE SCOOP AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB.

December 14, 1990 IL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS RIDING OUT OF UNIT IN RAM CAR WHEN THE DRIVER HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND JARRED HIS TAIL BONE.

September 25, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PLANT MANLIFT TO DESCEND LADDER FROM 4TH TO 1ST FLOOR. LADDER GOT CAUGHT IN STRUCTURE FORCING EMPLOYEE TO JUMP APPROX. 10' TO 3RD FLOOR LEVEL. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS FEET TH EN ROLLED OVER.

August 7, 1990 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING A BATTERY RAM CAR WHEN HE RAN THROUGH A HOLE THAT WAS IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT HURTING HIS BACK.

July 8, 1990 IL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRIVING SCOOP WHEN HE HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD AND IT BOUNCED HIM IN THE SEAT AND HIS BATTERY FOR HIS LIGHT HIT HIM IN THE RIBS.

May 20, 1990 IL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS RIDING IN A JEEP WHEN DRIVER WENT TO STAY HE COULDN'T PUT THE BRAKES ON AND JEEP HIT PARKED MANTRIP.

April 9, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS DRIVING BESIDE MANTRIP WITH MEMCO WHEN SEAT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEG BETWEEN MANTRIP AND MEMCO.

February 21, 1990 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING LOAD MATERIALS WITH A SCOOP WHEN THE BUCKET WAS LOWERED ON HIS FOOT CAUSING A BRUISE.

October 26, 1989 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A RAMCAR, OPERATOR HIT A POT HOLE AND JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO CANOPY, CAUSING JAMMED NECK. EMPLOYEE RE-AGGRAVATED THIS INJURY ON 12/5/89 CAUSING HIM TO MISS WORK ON 12/6/89.

October 5, 1989 IL · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS RIDING IN JEEP WHEN IT MADE A QUICK JACK AND HE HIT HIS BACK OR JEEP.

August 27, 1989 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WAS RIDING ON MANTRIP BENT OVER AND WHEN HE STRIGHT UP HIS HEAD HIT A TOWER BOLT THAT WAS IN THE ROOF.

April 23, 1989 IL · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING BATTERY RAMCAR WHEN TIRE RAN OVER ROCK ON ROADWAY CAUSING MACHINE TO BOUNCE INJ EMPL BACK.

April 21, 1989 IL · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING BATTERY SCOOP WHEN MACHINE RAN VOER ROCK IN ROADWAY BOUNCING EMPL AND INJURING BACK.

April 19, 1989 IL · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

LOST TIME FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR NECK INJURY WHICH ORIGIONALLY OCCURRED 6-2-86 WHEN HE JAMMED NECK ON SCOOP CAR CANOPY.

August 25, 1988 IL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

SUBSEQUENT SURGERY CAUSED LOST WORK DAYS EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BARRERY SCOOP WHEN MACHINE BOUNCED OVER A ROCK & JOLTED EMPLOYEE CAUSING STRAIN IN NECK

March 29, 1988 IL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING SCOOP THE MACHINE STRUCK A ROCK THE EMPLOYEE BOUNCED UP AND STRUCK CANOPY CAUSING A NECK STRAIN.

March 9, 1988 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PASSENGER IN JEEP WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER TRACK VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEES KNEE TO STRIKE AGAINST STEEL.

October 7, 1987 IL · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

PASSENGER IN MANTRIP STRUCK ANOTHER TRACK VEHICLE WHILE GOING AROUND CORNER AT SWITCH.JOLT BOUNCED EMPL AGAINST SEAT BACK.

September 30, 1987 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS A 1ASSENGER ON A MANTRIP WHEN THE MANTRIP BUMPED ANOTHER MANTRIP AND JARRED A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY REPORTED IN 1982

September 22, 1987 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING RAM C5R WHEN THE RAM CAR HIT A SMALL ROCK AND JERKED THE EMPLOYEE BOUNCED UP AND STRUKC AGAINST THE CANOPY CAUSING A NECK INJURY

August 3, 1987 IL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

TWO MANTRIPS CO5LIDED ON TRACK WHEN LEAD MANTRIP BECA,E DISABLED AND BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS.EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING INSIDE MAN TRIP WHEN COLLISION OCCURRED.

March 11, 1987 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING3DIESEL RAM CAR THE EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCED OUT OF HIS SEAT WHEN CAR HIT BUMP IN ROAD AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.

February 16, 1987 IL · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING BATTE9Y RAMCAR. CAR HIT BUMP IN HAULAGE WAY, CAUSING OPERATOR TO BOUN E UP AND STRIKE THE CANOPY CAUSING A "WHIPLASH" INJURY TO THE NECK

January 13, 1987 IL · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

LOST TIME FOR M9DICAL TREATMENT ON PREVIOUS NECK INJURY HE JAMMED HIS NECK AGAINST SCOOP CAB ON 6-2-86.

December 2, 1986 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RIDING AS A PAS8ENGER IN A MANTRIP THE MANTRIP DID NOT STOP AND STRUCK ANOTHER TRACK VEHICLE CAUSING A WHIPLASH TYPE INJURY TO THE EMPLOYEE

October 24, 1986 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

TRACK VEHICLE W5S STRUCK BY ANOTHER TRACK VEHICLE AND THE SUDDEN MOTION THREW EMPLOYEE AGAINST METAL BULKHEAD INJURING BACK

June 9, 1986 IL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE USED H5MMER TO ADJUST BELT SKIRTING ON A MOVING BVELT WHEN HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BY A BELT ROLLER & PULLED UNDER THE BELT CAUSING A LACERATION

May 19, 1986 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

SITTING IN STEP1ED TRACK JEEP ON A CURVE ANDTHE JEEP WAS STRUCK BY A CUPPLY MOTOR WHEN IT CAME AROUND THE CURVE AND THREW EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE JEEP.

April 2, 1985 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING DOWN REPAIRING A TRAILING CABLE SPLICE WHEN A SCOOP WAS TRAMMED AROUND THE CORNER OF THE PILLAR AND STRUCK HIM WITH THE RAISED BUCKET BREAKING HIS LEG.

March 13, 1985 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL OPERATING CM WHEN ROCK JUMPED OUT FROM CHAIN CONVEYOR FELL INTO CAB AND STRUCK EMPL FINGER.

July 23, 1984 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR THROUGH A PULL THROUGH CURTAIN AND STRUCK A DISCARDED ROOF STRAP ALONG THE RIB. THE ROOF MAT WAS JERKED INTO THE OPERATORS CAB WHEN IT WAS STRUCK AND LACERATE D THE EMPLOYEES ARM

June 17, 1983 IL · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MINER WAS ALONG TAILPIECE WHEN IT STARTED TAI PIECE JERKED AND CAUGHT THE MINER BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE RIB CAUSING A SEPARATION OF PUBIC BONE

March 26, 1983 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS PULLING TRAILING CABLE THE CABLE WENT UNDER THE LEADING EDGE OF A SCOOP BUCKET THE MINER REACHED WITH HIS HAND TO PULL THE MOVING CABLE OUT, BUT THE CABLE PULLED HIS HAND UNDER THE BUCKET RESULTING IN A FRACTURE AND LACERATION.

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