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June 8, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

ROCK TRUCK WAS 6EING LOADED UNDER THE SHOVEL WHEN A BUCKET LOAD OF MATERIAL FELL HARD INTO THE TRUCK BED JARRING THE EMPLOYEE.

May 5, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

A LARGE ROCK FE5L ONTO THE LOADER BUCKET. CAUSING THE LOADER TO JAR INJURING EMPLOYEES NECK

February 20, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HAULING C2AL-FINES UP ASCENDING GRADE IN COAL TRUCK,EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SHIFT FROM 4TH TO 1ST GEAR.THE TRUCK (OUT OF GEAR) WENT BACKWARDS INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH.

January 6, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIN MACHINE CAB5E JERKED OUT OF CABLE HANGER AND STRUCK EMPL ACROSS FOREHEAD.

June 16, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE INJURE8 HIS LOWER BACK WHEN A LARGE ROCK WAS DROPPED IN THE TRUCK.

February 7, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE LOST C2NTROL OF COAL TRUCK AND TURNED IT OVER ON A DOWN HILL CURVE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT SHIN BONE.

September 9, 1985 WV · Coal hand loader, hand trammer POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SIDE TRACKING A DEFECTED BUCKET WHEN WHEELS FELL FROM RAILING AND HIT HIM ON HIS ARM

September 3, 1985 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED AFTER JUMPING FROM MOVING RAILROAD CAR.

May 6, 1985 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE TIGHTENING BRAKES ON RAILROAD CAR HE STRAIN HIS BACK.

February 22, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE FAILED TO MAINTANE CONTROL OF MOVING COAL TRUCK. HE JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK.

January 16, 1985 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SUPPLIES AND RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK WITH UNA-TRAC AND HURT HIS NECK.

October 23, 1984 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCED UP AGAINST CANOPY WHILE CLEANING ROADWAY BECAUSE OF SUDDENLY RAISING OF UNITRAC BUCKET.

September 11, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR OF TRACTOR END LOADER DROVE OVER ROCK ON RIGHT OF WAY. OPERATOR SAID WHEN FRONT WENT OVER CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CAME DOWNON THE GROUND THE JERK STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 27, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK DRIVER RAN OVER ROCK ON RT OF WAY MAN RIDING IN BACK OF TRUCK WAS THROWN AGAINST A METAL TOOL BOX LACERATING THE 2ND&4TH FINGERS ON LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES

May 15, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY

February 23, 1984 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE DROVE SHUTTLE CAR INTO THE RIB THROWING HIMSELF UNDER STEERING WHEEL (THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 022884 WHICH AT THAT TIME HE BEGAN MISSING)

February 16, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND HISBUGGY HIT A HOLE OR A LUMP OF COAL AND HURT HIS NECK AND BACK BY THROWING HIM INTO CANOPY.

January 12, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PAN WHILE RIDING ON TOP OF RUTS PAN SUDDENLY SLIPPED INTO A HOLE JARRING DRIVER HURTING HIS BACK

January 5, 1984 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE CLEANING ROCK OFF SCALPER ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK CAME OVER SHAKER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO JUMP OFF TABLE TWISTING HIS KNEE

October 11, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED UP TO DUMP HIS TRUCK LOAD OF ROCK AND WHEN HE STOPPED THE WEIGHT SHIFTED ON THE TRUCK CAUSING IT TO ROLL OVER THE AREA WHERE HE WAS GOING TO DUMP.

October 11, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING SAFETY STOP OUT FROM FRONT OF BUS, BRAKES LEAKED OFF, SAFETY BLOCK LODGED RIGHT FOOT UNDER SAFETY JACK.

June 11, 1983 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

DROPPING 3 RAILROAD CARS AND WAS RIDING THE MIDDLE CAR THE BRAKES WOULDNT HOLD SO HE JUMPED OFF

March 22, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

ROCKDUSTING AND SAID SCOOP HIT HIS LEG

January 5, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS PREPARING TO DUMP HIS LOAD WHEN WEAK SHOULDER ON DRIVERS SIDE STARTED GIVING AWAY BEFORE TRUCK ROLLED DOWN AN EMANKMENT NOT OVERTURNING THE EMP JUMPED TO THE GROUND BRUISING HIS BA BACK

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