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1983–2026
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September 21, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A HOLE IN FLOOR JARRING HIS LOWER BACK ON LEFT SIDE.

September 10, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & COWORKER WERE HELPING TO SUPPORT MINER PLANETARY ON SCOOP TO SLIDE IT IN THE SCOOP; WHEN ANOTHER EE RAISED SCOOP BUCKET, EE TWISTED HIS BACK.

April 12, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING HYD HOSE ON LOADER AND BUCKET WAS ON GROUND WITH TEETH IN DIRT THERE WERE TOOLS ON THE INSIDE ON LOADER ARMS AND AS HE WAS REACHING IN TO GET A WRENCH THE BUCKET ROLLED DOWN AND P INNED HIM AGAINST LOADER.

March 11, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NEELING DOWN IN FROUND OF FEEDER WHEN CONVEYOR CHAIN WHICH WAS FOULED WAS REVERSED AND CAUSING A CUTTER BIT WHICH HAD CHAIN FOULDER TO FLY OUT AND STRIKE EE ABOVE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SWELLING.

December 3, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING FEEDER OUTSIDE; SET FEEDER DOWN TO BLOCK UNDER CATPADS.

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