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June 24, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS SCOOPING IN #2 ENTRY WHEN HE GOT HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN BACK OF SCOOP AND TOP.

May 21, 1997 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRAVELING ROADWAY UNDERGROUND EE SAID HE HIT A ROCK OR HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHICH THREW HIM UP AND CAME BACK DOWN AND HIT HIS LOWER PART OF HIS BACK ON THE BACK OF SCOOP DECK.

April 14, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

3 WHEEL BUGGY WAS BACKING UP THEN OTHER WENT FORWARD CAUSIGN VICTIM TO HIT HIS HEAD DRIVING IT DOWN INTO HIS SHOULERS. THERE WAS A LOW PLACE IN THAT AREA.

February 10, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MYRON WAS RIDING MANTRIP IN WHEN IT WENT THROUGH WATER HOLE EE RAISSED UP AND CAUGHT BACK ON ROOF BOLT AN DIT BENT HIM DOUBLE.

February 10, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

STANLEY WAS TRAMMING LOADED SHUTTLE CAR TO FEEDER WHEN HE HIT A STRAP HANGING FROM TOP WITH CANOPY CAUSING A PIECE OF COAL TO FLY IN HIS LEFT EYE.

January 25, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN SSTATED HE WAS GETTING ROCK OUT OF SECTION TAIL PIECE, TOLD BELT MAN TO BUMP BELT. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO ROCK TO THROW OFF BELT, WHEN ANOTHER PIECE CAME LOOSE AND SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FIGNEE R BETWEEN THEM.

January 23, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY, WHICH BRUISED THE BACK OF NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

December 22, 1996 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STATED HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WITH MAC 8 HAD TO MOVE 3 WHEELER OUT OF WAY. STARTED TO BACK 3 WHEELER UP LET LEFT LEG GET BETWEEN THE TWO RIDES RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON TRAM PEDAL.

October 21, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

BUGGEY OPERATOR CAME AROUND CORNER AND RAN INTO RIB.

June 10, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HE SAID HE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY.

February 13, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HAULING COAL TO DUMP WITH #2 SHUTTLE CAR, EE WENT AROUND CORNER AT SPAD #1834 IN #6 ENTRY,GOT HIS RIGHT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN CORNER OF RIB &OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT SCRAPED, PULLED MUSCLES & LIGMENTS OF RIGHT ARM.

October 10, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL NEXT DAY. EE WAS DRIVING MANTRIP RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY AND STEERING WHEEL JERKED & HE LET GO OF STEERING WHEEL, STRIKING HIM ON LEFT HAND.

September 29, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN STATED HE RAN OVER ROCK IN HAUL ROAD #5ENTRYSAID HE BALANCED UP HIT CANOPY HURT TAIL BONE WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN ON SET

August 28, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

REPAIRMAN TOOK THE BOLTS OUT OF THE RUB RAIL ON THE MINER. THEY TOLD THE OPERATOR TO MOVE THE MINER. WHEN MINER MOVED, THE RUB RAIL FELL AND HIT THE REPAIRMAN ON THE RIGHT HAND, NO VISIBLE DAM AGE.

August 15, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object

PARKED CAR TO USE BATH ROOM. STARTED TO GO OVER TO ANCHOR, HEARD CAR BEHIND HIM, TRIED TO JUMP OUT OF WAY. CAR HIT LEFT LEG, MASHED MUSCLE. NO BROKEN BONES OR BROKEN SKIN.

July 14, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

MANSTATED HE WAS RUNNING RIGHT DRIVE CAR GOING TOWARD FEEDER TO DUMP HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY BOUNCED MAN OFF SEAT, HITTING LEFT ELBOW AGAINST SIDE OF CAR.

May 17, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SCOOP OPER. WAS PUSHING UP GOB WHICH HAD A PIECE OF 2 IN PLASTIC WATER LINE IN IT. RATHER THAN GETTING OFF SCOOP TO MOVE WATER LINE, HE KEPT TRYING TO PUSH IT WITH THE SCOOP. THE WATER LIN E SPRANG BACK OVER SCOOP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

April 6, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD 2 MEN TAKING IN A POWER BOX & THE SCOOP WOULDN'T PULL IT UP THE HILL, THEY WENT OUT & GOT A TRACTOR & TRIED TO PUSH IT WITH THE DECK END CAUSING THE POWER BOX TO COME UP & OVER THE DRIVER HURTING HIS BACK & RIBS.

December 1, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE DRIVING MANTRIP RAN OVER ROCK IN ROAD STEERING KNOB CAME OFF STEERING WHEEL LEAVING A BOLT THAT TORE INTO EE LEG FROM STRIKING ROCK WHICH JERKED STEERING WHEEL FROM HIS HAND.

September 12, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN STATED HE HIT HOLE IN ROAD WAY AND HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF CANOPY.

February 28, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

SHOVELING BELT AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT RIGHT ANKLE.

January 31, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object

3 WHEELER BATTERIES WAS LOW CHARGED. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GO UP A HILL AND GOT OFF TO PUSH. 3 WHEELER ROLLED BACK AND HIT LEG.

January 12, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

NO. 2 S.C HIT RIB AND RIB FELL OFF KAND HIT OPER ON LEG.

September 6, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HAULING COAL TO FEEDER AND HIT A HOLE AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK. CK IT AND IT HAD A RED SPOT ON IT. WHEN HE CAME TO ME HE WAS WALKING AND LOOKED OK.

August 3, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

SHUTTLE CAR HIT BACK OF MINER AND PUSHED OPERATOR INTO TOP.

August 2, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE BELT LINE & A BAR HE WAS HAULING ON THE 3 WHEELER CAUGHT ON A TIMBER & [SPINNED] AROUND & HIT HIM IN THE RIBS.

June 4, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS TURNING AROUND ON SHUTTLE CAR AND TWISTED KNEE.

April 20, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Fall from machine

WAS AT END OF SHIFT, COMING AROUND HILL ON MANTRIP. OPERATOR CUT STEERING REAL FAST CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF MAN.

February 19, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CLEANING #% ENTRY ON THE COAL SECTION, RAISED UP CAUGHT EAR (LEFT) ON BENT PLATE, CUTTING LOWER PART OF EAR.

November 17, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELTMAN TRIED TO GET OBJECT OFF BOTTOM BELT. BELT CAME ON AND PULLED HIS ARM INTO TAILROLLER.

July 27, 1992 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

68935 RIDING ON THE MAC-8 INJURED WENT INTO LOW TOP AND HIT HIS HEAD, CAUSING HIS NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER BECAME STIFF.

June 10, 1992 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THEY WERE UNLOADING TOOLS OFF OF MANTRIP WHEN ONE OF THEIR SUPPLIES CAME IN CONTACT WITH FOOT PEDAL WHICH WAS LEFT ON POINT. IT TOOK OFF AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIM PINNING HIM AGAINST MINER.

January 7, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT PINNER CABLE AND PINNER CABLE CAUGHT HIM UNDER HIS ARM.

June 8, 1989 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM ALLEGED BY TELEPHONE ON 6-9-89 THAT ON PREVIOUS NIGHT THAT HE HIT A HOLE WITH SHUTTLE CAR AND JARRED HIS BACK ADN KEPT WORKING UNTIL END OF SHIFT AND THE NEXT MORNING HIS RIBS ON BACK W AS HURTING, SO HE WENT TO DOCTOR.

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