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May 31, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Struck against a moving object

BUMP HEAD ON ROOF MANTRIP.

April 14, 1997 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPS WERE PULLING BELT TOGETHER AND BELT GOT LOOSE AND PULLED HIS LEG IN THE STRUCTURE OF LOW LOW.

February 27, 1997 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS TRAVELING IN #4 ENTRY ON A THREE WHEELERWHEN HE STRUCK A ROOFBOLT, CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD OVER HIS RIGHT EYE.

November 11, 1996 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE TRACK, PIPE FELL HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE SIDE OF HEAD, DROVE HIS HEAD INTO RAILRUNNER, PIPE THEN SWUNG AWAY CAME BACK AND DROVE EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF RAILRUNNER.

September 12, 1996 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CABLE FEEL DOWN CAUGHT NECK ANDPULLED MEPLOYEE FROM SHUTTLE CAR.

June 6, 1996 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS CLEANING 2 ENTRY SCOOP BOUNCED HIM AGAINST TOP JAMMING HEAD INTO TOP INJURING HEAD, NECK AND BACK.

June 5, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS TRAMMING SCOOP DOWN HAUL ROAD TO BATTERY CHARGER AND HIT A HOLE JAMMING BACK.

January 16, 1996 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS MOVING BATTERY STATION & WAS IN TIGHT SPOT AGAINST RIB. EE WAS STANDING AT BACK PART OF SCOOP & COWORKER PINCHED HIS LOWER LEG WITH SCOOP BRATTICE BLOCK.

September 20, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAR OPERATOR WAS COMING DOWN #6 ENTRY A PIECE OF ;ROCK WAS IN BUGGY CAUGHT CABLE & PULLED DOWN ON TOP OF OPERATOR

September 16, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS GETTING PART OFF OF SCOOP. HAD LEG ON TIRE. SCOOP ROLLED BACK CATCHING LEG BETWEEN TIRE AND SCOOP.

September 12, 1995 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUSHING MAC 8 TRAILER AND OPERATOR REVERSED DIRECTIONS OF MAC 8 AND RAN OVER HIS RT FOOT. EE WORKED THRU 9-14 AND THEN MISSED WORK.

April 27, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING BUGGY BACK A LINE OF BREAKS TO BE WORKED ON. A HUNG BACK CURTAIN CAUGHT & PULLED OPERATORS LEG OVER HIS BODY.

January 16, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Inc · Struck against a moving object

BUGGY RAN OVER PIECE OF ROCK IN ROADWAY.LIFTED OPERATOR IN AND LANDED ON EDGE OF DECK ON TAILBONE.

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