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July 31, 1992 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

54736YEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR IN 36" SEAM HEIGHT AND HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF.IT STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS.

April 3, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

MANTRIP TRAVELING INSIDE TOGETHER ONE HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY AND WAS HIT BY THE OTHER ONE IN THE REAR THE JAR FROM THE IMPACT HURT THE FICTIMS SHOULDER.

February 17, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE HURT HIS BACK WHILE DRIVING THE SCOOP, WHICH IS PART OF HIS REGULAR JOB PROBABLY CAME FROM THE CONTINUOUS JAR OF THE SCOOP.

August 16, 1991 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS CLEANING UNDER BELTHEAD WITH SHOVEL WHEN SHOVEL CAUGHT HEAD ROLLER FORCING SHOVEL HANDLE DOWN ON EMPLS HAND MASHING IT BETWEEN HANDLE & GROUND.

December 20, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I,NAME WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET OUTBY FACE IN #5 ENTRY ON THE WAY OUTSIDE SCOOP BUCKET RAISED AGAINST TOP AND CAUGHT HIS BACK ON ROOF BOLT.

March 30, 1987 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM CAUGHT H3MSELF BETWEEN SCOOP'S OPERATOR'S DECK AND THE ROOF-AS HE MOVED TO LOWER HIMSELF IN THE SCOOP DECK, HE TWISTED HIS BACK & NECK.

February 2, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS RIDI3G IN SCOOP BUCKET AND CAUGHT LEFT FOREARM AGAINST THE ROOF OF THE MINE

November 5, 1986 VA · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM CLAIMS H3S BACK WAS HURT WHEN HE WAS BOUNCED IN A SCOOP BUCKET WHILE T RAVELING TO SURFACE (THIS REPORT SUBMITTED DUE TO AN AUDIT )

March 26, 1986 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE BACKED3A 1/2 TON TRACTOR INTO A TIMBER ROW ON HAULWAY. EMPLOYEE'S HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL FRAME OF THE TRACTOR AND A 4"X4" OAK TIMBER, THUS FRACTURING HIS SKULL.

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