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August 21, 1992 KY · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

85061S DRIVING A 2-MAN PERSONNEL CARRIER ACROSS THE SECTION TO PICK UP SOME CLAY DUMMIES. HE SAID HE RAN OVER SOMETHING CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.

August 12, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

39144ING SCOOP.RAN OVER SOMETHING CAUSING SCOOP TO ROOF OUT. BUMPED HEAD AGAINST ROOF.

July 25, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS BACKING UP A 3-WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER. EH FOULED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF.

July 24, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE WENT TO HIT BRAKE RAISED KNEE UP PAST TOP OF SCOOP HITTING IT AGAINST ROOF.

July 19, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS HAULIN COAL FROM THE FACE. THE SCOOP BUMPED THE TOP, CAUSING A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK TO BREAK LOOSE.

July 9, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS RIDING ON A 4 WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER AND HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE BUGGY.

May 14, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS IN FRONT OF A SCOOP LOADING DUST INTO THE BUCKET ANOTHER SCOOP CAME DOWN AND NOT SEEING ANOTHER SCOOP BARELY BUMPED THE PARKED SCOOP.THE BUCKET OF THE PARKED SCOOP BUMPED HIS KNEE.

April 22, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WITH HIS HEAD ON THE BACK REST WHEN HE RAN OVER A SCRAPING HIS HEAD HIT THE TOP.

March 5, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL HE WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT.

November 23, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PICKING ROCK OUT OF STOCKPILE. SCOOP STOPPED. HE STEPPED IN FRONT OF SCOOP. SCOOP ROLLED FORWARD TRAPPING FOOT.

March 11, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE WERE STARTING TO ROLL UP A PIECE OF BELT WITH A BELT ROLLER WHEN THE LOOSE SLEEVE OF HIS COVERALLS CAUGHT ON THE PIN, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT ARM.

October 10, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS USING A COAL LOADING SCOOP TO CLEAN THE RIB AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SCOOP LATERALLY BY USING HIS BUCKET AND HYDRAULICS IN DOING SO HE DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP WITH THE SCOOP STRIKING AND POSSIBLY INJURING VICTIM

August 8, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.

April 20, 1988 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP VEHICLE WHEN IT BECAME DISABLED. HE THEN BOARDED A SCOOP GOING BY. HE WAS RIDING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND HIS FINGER SLIPPED UNDER BLADE OF SCOOP WHEN IT BOUNCED ON ROUGH ROAD.

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SCOOP AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE INTERSCTION OF #4 ENTRY HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MINE ROOF AS THERE IS A ROLL IN THAT AREA OF THE MINE. HIS LEFT LEG WAS FORCED DOWNWARD3RESULTING IN A BROKEN ANKLE AND MINOR ABRASIONS TO LOWER LEG

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