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August 28, 1990 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck against a moving object

REPORTED TO US THAT HE WAS NOT HURT & WOULD NOT GO TO DR & BECAUSE OF THIS I DID NOT REPORT TO MSHA AT THAT TIME. ON 3/7/91 WORKERS COMP FORM FILLED OUT BY EMPL & SENT FROM DRS OFFICE. TREATME NT & CHARGES GO BACK TO 8/28/90. WAS OFF WORK FOR 6 MONTHS & DIAGNOSIS WAS HEADACHE.

September 25, 1989 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL AND HIT HIGH WALL WITH BUCKET OF PIT TRACTOR. THE SUDDEN STOP CAUSED HIM TO JERK HIS NECK.

October 8, 1988 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A ROCK LOOSE OUT OF THE HOPPER PUNCH BAR WAS KICKED BACK BY FORCE OF BELT & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD

April 7, 1987 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS SCRAPIN1 DIRT OFF OF THE COAL WHILE OPERATING PIT TRACTOR. VIBRATIONS SEEMED TO HAVE CAUSED IRRITATION TO THE VERTEBRATES IN HIS BACK

July 14, 1986 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS PULLING 2UT OF HAUL ROAD & COULDN'T MAKE THE HILL. WHEN HE STOPPED THE MACHINE HE LOST THE BRAKES THEN THE CONTROL OF THE MACHINE. HE HIT THE HIGHWALL & TURNED MACHINE OVER.

April 5, 1986 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE BR2KE THE SEAT ON THE R50 BUT CONTUNUED TO RUN THE MACHINE HE ALLEGEDLY BOUNCED UP AND DOWN AND DOING SO HURT HIS BACK

December 23, 1983 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. · Struck by powered moving object

BRAKES FROZEN ON A PICK-UP TRUCK USING A TORCH TO THAW THEM THEY RELEASED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL OVER HIS CHEST HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND KEPT IN OVER NIGHT THEN RELEASED BACK TO DUT Y

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