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August 15, 1997 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE COAL TRUCK WAS TRAVELING ALONG HAUL ROAD TO COAL PIT IN AREA 25. APRPOX. 4TH OF A MILE FROM GOB DUMP HE WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR OF THE TRUCK BY A 777-B CATERPILLIAR TRUCK BEING DRIVEN BY GR OF JULIANA MINING CO INC. EE WAS A SMALL HEMOTOMA ON HIS OCCUPITAL SKULL, PAIN IN HIS KNEES, ACERUICALS STRIAN SPRAIN AND LUMBAR STRAIN SPRAIN.

August 2, 1996 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE, NIGHT SHIFT TRUCK DRIVER HAD BACKED UP THE HIGHWALL SIDE OF THE BOG RING WITH A ROCK TRUCK. WHILE RAISING THE BED WHEN IT REACH AN APPROX. 3/4 RAISED POSITION IT APPARENTLY HIT THE HIGHWAL L AND A ROCK APPROX 6'X4' FELL AND STRUCK THE CAB. THIS RESULTED IN EE HAVING STRAINED NECK & SHOULDER MUSCLES.

September 30, 1994 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

ON 9-30-94 WHILE OPERATING A 685-E HAULPAK ROCK TRUCK EE STRUCK A HOLE COMEING DONW THE RAMP ON THE NO. 2 L3EVEL, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LWOER BACK. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND CONTINUED WORKING A ND DIAGNOSED WITH A MUSCLE STRAIN.

June 20, 1994 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF THE SCALE HOUSE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY AN ENDLOADER BUCKER T IN THE BACK AND WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, RESULTING IN 3 FRACTURED RIBS ON HIS RT SIDE.

July 14, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS OPERATING A BOB-CAT LOADER/FORKLIFT. HE STOPPED ON A GRADE TO PICK UP A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL. HE SHUT THE MACHINE OFF TO GET OUT AND PICK ED IT UP AND THE MACHINE STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE GRADE AND STRUCK A POST EJECTING HIM FROM THE OPERATORS DECK. HE DID NTO START OFF UNTIL 9-13-93.

March 7, 1993 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS WELDING A PLATE IN THE FEED BIN WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE GRIZZLEY AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND BACK. HE HAS A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES AND A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF H IS 2ND LUMAR VERTABRAE.

February 13, 1992 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

FREEING STUCK IDLER BY STRIKING IT WITH A WRENCH WITH BELT RUNNING AND BELT PULLED HAND IN BETWEEN BELT AND IDLER MAKING A CUT ON LEFT THUMB AND HAND WAS SWOLLEN.

January 28, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING A 85 TON ROCK TRUCK (WABCO) UNDER THE BUCKET OF A 992C END LOADER. THE 992C OPERATOR DROPPED THE BUCKET ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK CAUSING EE TO HURT HIS BACK.

April 26, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

FOOT BRAKES GOT HOT OPER LOST CONTROL OF TRUK ON DOWN HILL GRADE LACERTIONS TO L ELBOW AND L LOWER LUMBAR, SUTURES

August 25, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company LLC · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS DESCENDING GRADE WHEN AS HE STATED THE TRUCK ENGINE DIED AND HE LOST CONTROL OVERTURNING TRUCK.OPERATOR SUFFERED SEVERE SCRAPES SPRAINS ANS BRUISES.

July 27, 1989 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER MAN SAID TRAIN DID NOT BLOW ITS HORN, AND LOADER GLASS HAD MUD ON IT.

August 16, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS HAULING OVERBURDON WHEN HIT ROUGH SPOT IN HAUL ROAD CAUSING LOAD TO SHIFT CAUSING SEVER JAR TO TRUCK STRAINED LOWER BACK

March 9, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO LOWER BACK, SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED AND IRRITATED BY ROUGH RIDE OF TRUCK.

April 28, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS DUMPING OVER AN ACTIVE ROCK FILL BACKED TRUCK OVER EDGE AND WAS THROWN OUT OF CAB WHEN TRUCK OVERTURNED

April 22, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Juliana Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS LEAVING JOB SITE IN PRIVATE VEHICLE DID NOT SEE APPROACHING ROAD GRADER DUE TO DUST CONDITIONS

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