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April 1, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWNGRADE ON AN ACROSS ROAD. WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRUCK LOST AIR PRESSURE AND LOST ALL BRAKING CONTROL. EMPLOYEE COULD NOT GET TRUCK UNDER CONTROL AND JUMPED FROM3TRUCK ALLOWING TRUCK TO TRAVEL OVER APPROX. 150 FOOT ENBANKMENT.

May 8, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A ROCK TRUCK HAULING REFUSE TO THE DUMP AREA WHILE OPERATING THE TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE OUTSIDE MIRROR AND RAN UP ON SIDE OF SPOIL TURNING TRUCK OVER ON LEFT SIDE 3

February 18, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A ROCK TRUCK HAULING REFUSE FROM TO A DUMP AREA WHEN EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BED TO DUMP HE RECEIVED A SEVERE JARRING MOTION INJURING HIS BACK

October 8, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN END-LOADER MOVING LARGE ROCKS FROM THE PIT AREA. WHILE MOVING ROCKS, ONE SLIPPED FROM LOADER BUCKET CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN AROUND IN THE CAB CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK.

June 4, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER THAT WAS CARRYING SPOIL FROM THE NUMBER 7 COAL SEAM LEVEL. WHILE LOADING THE SPOIL, THE LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE.

March 11, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWN GRADE. WHILE PROCEEDING DOWN GRADE, EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK AND TEERED INTO THE DITCH LINE STRIKING AN EMBANKMENT.

December 1, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS INJURED WHEN HE JUMPED FROM A RUN-AWAY TRUCK WHICH HAD DEVELOPED MECHANICAL FAILURE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE

December 1, 1983 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS INJURED WHEN HE JUMPED FROM A RUN-AWAY TRUCK WHICH HAD DEVELOPED MECHANICAL FAILURE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE

December 1, 1983 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING LOADED IN THE PIT. A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE LOADER BUCKET AND STRUCK BED OF TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCHED AROUND INSIDE BED OF TRUCK.

August 27, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING REJECT COAL TO THE WASH PLANT WHILE DOING SO EMPLOYEE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE TRUCKS SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT INJURING THE EMPLOYEE

August 13, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CAUGHT LARGE ROCK WITH LOADER BUCKET CAUSING LOADER TO BOUNCE RESULTING IN EMPL ARM BEING JERKED.

June 21, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN END LOADER CLEANING COAL IN THE COAL PIT WHILE CLEANING COAL EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FORWARD WHEN THE LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A LAYER OF ROCK INJURING HIS BACK

January 19, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS OPERATING A MACK COAL TRUCK DESCENDING FDOWN AN ACCESS HAULAGE ROAD WHILE DESCENDING DOWN THE GRADE A MECHANICAL FAILURE OCCURRED AND EMP STERRED TRUCK INTO AN EMBANKMENT

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