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June 14, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SCOOP FRAME AND CHAIN BEING USED TO PULL BELT.

June 9, 1995 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE TO LOAD BELT ONTO CAR WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE ROLL OF BELT. THE LOCOMOTIVE STUCK IN POINT.

April 24, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST TOP WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED IN A SCOOP BUCKET THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOMENTARILY UNCONSCIOUS

October 27, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER CAME DOWN STEEP INCLINE AT A FAST RATE OF SPEED, & COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER TRUCH GOING THE SAME DIRECTION CAUSING TRUCKS TO GO OFF HAUL ROAL & OVER EMBANKMENT.

September 8, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE REAR MBC IN REVERSE WHEN IT RAN OVER A ROCK. HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING BACKWARDS WHEN HIS FACE WAS JOLTED INTO THE CAB CANOPY LEG RESULTING IN A FRACTURED NOSE .

May 24, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

EE STATED THAT HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY A CRIB BLOCK, WHEN A SCOOP RAN OVER THE BLOCK AND FLIPPED IT UP.

April 5, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOCATED INT EH MBC DECK ON HIS KNEES WITH BOTH FEET HANGING OVR THE EDGE OF THE DECK. THE MBC MOVED INBY AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE LOW STRUCTURE AND THE FRAME.

December 22, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

TWO SUPPLY UNITS TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS COLLIDED WITH EACH OTHER IN A SWAG OF THE COAL SEAM.

October 12, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

AS INJURED WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED LOCOMOTIVE, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERCAST. THIS BLOW CUT HIS HEAD.

September 9, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN DRILL HEAD & HEAD JACK.

August 13, 1993 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS INJURED WAS RIDING A LOCOMOTIVE ON HIS WAY TO004 SECTION, ANOTHER LOCOVOTIVE COLLIDED WITH HIS LOCOMOTIVE HEAD ON A CURVE ACROSS FROM #6 HEAD DRIVE.

August 11, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A IDLE ROLELR AND SCRAPER.

July 28, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A SCOOP AND THE COAL RIB WHILE ROCKDUSTING.

July 25, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT HE RAN OVER A ROCK WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP EE ALLEGES THAT THIS SUDDEN MOVEMENT STRAINED HIS NECK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 7-29-93 BECAUSE HE SAID HIS NECK WAS STIFF.

May 10, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP BUCKET AND RIB AND WHILE ALIGNING THE LOW STRUCTURE. EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING STRUCTURE WHEN THE BRIDGE DOLLY CAUGHT ONT HE SCOOP BUCKET PULLING THE SCOOP I NBY CATCHING HIM BETWEEN EQUIPMENT AND RIB.

March 25, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE OPERATORS DECK AND A OIL COOLER MOUNTED ON THE BOOM.

February 16, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by falling object

AS HE WAS RIDING ON THE MANTRIP E DATE WAS STRUCK ON THE FOREHEAD BY A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK THIS CUT HIS HEAD.

December 31, 1992 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK IN A WATER HOLE THAT CAUSED HIM TO BE THROWN INTO THE SCOOP CANOPY HURTING HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.

October 26, 1992 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LONG AIRDOX BRIDGE CARRIER AND THE LOW STRUCTURE.

October 22, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER, HE LET HIS LEFT FOOT HAND OUT OF THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE CARRIER AND BELT STRUCTURE, RESULTING IN A FRACT URED ANKLE.

October 15, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A ROOF BOLT LAYING ON THE BOTTOM WHEN HIS SCOOP TIRE RAN OVER THE BOLT.

August 13, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

54736YEE WAS PUSHED INTO THE ROOF WHILE IN THE DECK OF THE MBC WHILE DEBELTING.

July 11, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

ROCK FLEW UP INTO EMPLOYEES EYE WHILE OPERATING SCOOP.

June 4, 1992 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

AS EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE BELT ENTRY, A PIECE OF RUST OR MATERIAL FLEW IN HIS EYE.

March 10, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRIDGE CARRIER AND THE LO-LO STRUCTURE MAKING A BELT SET-UP.

March 6, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE RIDING AS A PASSNEGER IN A RAIL LOCOMOTIVE, EE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERCAST, WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATED HEAD.

December 20, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF DRAWROCK WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP.

December 7, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

RIDING IN SCOOP HIT THE ROOF

November 29, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGED THAT ON APP. DEC. 1990 THAT HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND HIS NECK WAS JOLTED. APP. 1 MONTH LATER HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND STATED THE MAIN REASON FOR GOING TO THE DOCTOR W AS SWOLLEN GLANDS UNDERARMS.

November 28, 1991 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CUT RIGHT ARM PIT ON STRAP. (METAL).

November 28, 1991 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

RIDING IN A MANTRIP,EMPL STRUCK BY A LOOSE STEEL STRAP LYING ON A TRACK CAUSING SMALL LACERATION. PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING THIS REPORT WASNT AWARE EMPL RECEIVED SUTURES.

October 23, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LOW LOW DOLLY WAS BEING PULLED ON THE LOW LOW STRUCTURE WITH A SCOOP. AS THE SCOOP PULLED THE DOLLY WITH A NYLON ROPE, THE ROPE BROKE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.

October 1, 1991 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RIDING INT HE RAILRUNNER EMPLOYEE'S FOOT WAS STRUCK BY A CRIB BLOCK.

June 1, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL AND 2 OTHERS RIDING IN MANTRIP CAR.THE CAR DERAILED I.NAME SAID BACK STARTED HURTING.

May 30, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING OUTBY BRIDGE CARRIER.I.NAME CAUGHT LEG BETWEEB COAL RIB AND CARRIER.

May 7, 1991 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

A WIRE FENCE GUARD INSTALLED AROUND THE SECTION BELT DRIVE BECAME ENTANGLED IN HEAD ROLLER WHILE THE DRIVE WAS RUNNING.THIS GUARD WRAPPED AROUND INJ RIGHT ARM FRACTURING IT.

February 25, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHEN HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LOW LOW SOLID BELT STRUCTURE WITH HIS SCOOP HE CAUGHT HIS EAR ON A ROOF BOLT.THIS RESULTED IN A CUT EAR.

February 1, 1991 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOOM AND CANOPY OF THE MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER.

January 9, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

AS HE WAS MOVING A TRANSFORMER WITH A SCOOP, HE REVERSED HIS SCOOP INTO SOME BELT STRUCTURE. THIS RESULTED IN HIS CUTTING HIS RIGHT EAR.

November 21, 1990 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM MINER CONVEYOR WHEN HE CUT FINGER ON ROCK.

August 21, 1990 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

USING SCOOP TO RAISE HEAD DRIVE, SUDDEN LOST OF WT, CAUSED OPER TO JERK HURT BACK

June 15, 1990 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT SHE HURT HER BACK WHEN SHE WAS JARRED AFTER TRAMMING OVER AN UNSEEN OBJC\ECT IN A WATERHOLE.

May 30, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Fall onto or against objects

AS HE WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE FACE BESIDE THE LOW LOW BELT CONVEYOR,INJURED STATES THAT HE TRUNED AROUND IN ORDER TO WALK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.AT THAT TIME HE SAYS HE FELL ON THE BELT CON VEYOR WHICH WAS MOVING.THIS SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

May 30, 1990 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINE RF AND SCOOP FRAME WHEN IT RAN OVER ROCK

May 16, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LID CAME OFF AN SCSR STORAGE BOX WHILE HE WAS TRAMMING THE LOCOMOTIVE. THE LID STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE AND CUT HIS HEAD.

April 5, 1990 KY · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME SAYS HE WAS REACHING FOR SCSR WHICH WAS IN THE LOCOMOTIVE, WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE BEGAN TO MOVE, CAUSING A JERKING MOTION.

February 16, 1990 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

AS HE WAS RIDING A LOCOMOTIVE TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE, HIS HAT FELL OFF. AS HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO STEADY HIS HAT HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND ON A ROOF BOLT. THIS FRACTURED HIS RIGHT WRIST.

January 19, 1990 KY · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS GOING INTO THE MINE ON A LOCOMOTIVE TO CHECK INTAKE STOPPING LINE AND INADVERTANTLY RAN INTO ANOTHER LOCOMOTIVE THAT HAD BROKEN DOWN ON THE TRACK EE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE BROKE DOWN RAILRUNNER.,

January 9, 1990 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOLYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM THE BRIDGE DOLLY WHEN HIS HAND BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRIDGE DOLLY FRAME & THE ROCK

December 12, 1989 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS SHOULDER & CHEST AGAINST THE ROOF WHEN THE SCOOP BUCKET WAS RAISED TO AVOID A WATER HOLE THE MANTRIP WAS TRAVELING THROUGH

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