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August 16, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REFILING WATER TANK ON WATER TRUCK WHEN HE GOT OFF TRUCK AFTER FINISHING THE CHAINS HOLDING TANK BROKE CAUSING TANK TO FALL OFF THEN ROLL OVER HIM

May 27, 1991 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME SITTING IN VEHICLE EATING SUPPER PARKED 200' FROM DUMP AREA.HAD BENT OVER TO PICK UP SOMETHING FROM LUNCH BOX WHEN LOADER BACKED INTO FRONT LEFT SIDE OF TRUCK.

May 17, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS INSIDE ROCK TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED HAD OPENED DOOR & WAS SWEEPING DIRT OUT LOADER MAN LOADED TRUCK & IMPACT OF DIRT HITTING BED OF TRUCK CAUSED DOOR TO SLAM SHUT ON I NAME FINGE R

April 29, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck against a moving object

HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE DRIVING ROCK TRUCK.

February 9, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK. AFTER ABOUT 3 OR 4 LOADS, HE PULLED IN TO GET THE HEAD MECHANIC TO CHECK HIS TRUCK. THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM TO DUMP THE LOAD HE HAD ON THE TRUCK SO HE COULD CHECK THE TRUCK THOROUGHLY. EMPLOYEE BACKED OVER TO THE HOLLOWFIELD- HIT HIS BRAKES. THE TRUCK TEN PITCHED BACK AND THEN FORWARD AND THEN BACK AGAINS. THE DIRT UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE REAR TIRE B

October 12, 1990 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS ON FOOT IN THE COAL PIT-HE STARTED WALKING BACKWARDS AND HE AND THE LOADER COLLIDED. HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN-INJURING HIS LEFT LEG WHEN IT WAS HIT BY THE RIGHT REAR TIRE OF THE LOADER. LOAD ER OPERATOR WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS PRESENCE IN THEPIT.

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