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July 26, 2004 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A 10 SC JOY SHUTTLE CAR & ENCOUNTERED ROUGH ROADWAY CONDITIONS. JAMMED HIS HEAD IN CANOPY HURTING HIS NECK & BACK. EE HAD WORKED UP TO 2/21/05 THEN WENT OFF ON THIS ACCIDENT.

March 19, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Struck against a moving object

THERE WAS A 15 TON MOTOR PARKED INBY MANTRIP. EMPLOYEE GOT IN MANTRIP, PULLED IT DOWN 12 BRKS AND SLOWED DOWN FOR ANOTHER WRECKED MANTRIP. MOTOR ROLLED OFF 12 BRKS AND STRUCK MANBUS, BRUISING RIBS OF EMPLOYEE.

August 20, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT A HOLE IN ROADWAY WITH S/C AND HIS LOWER BACK WAS STRUCK BY A PROTRUDING PIECE OF METAL IN HIS S/C SEAT.

March 19, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING A 10 JOY S/C. WHILE BACKING UP THE S/C THE EE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STEEL CANOPY. HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL CANOPY AND THE COAL RIB. THIS AC CIDENT RESULTED IN A BROKEN LITTLE FINGER AND A LACERATION TO THE INSIDE OF THE LEFT HAND.

October 23, 2002 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS RIDING A MANBUS WHICH WAS HAVING TROUBLE PULLING A STEEP INCLINE. ANOTHER BUS WAS BROUGHT IN TO AID THE TROUBLED BUS. WHILE ON THE INCLINE THE TROUBLED BUS ROLLED BACKWARDS & STRUC K THE SUMMONED BUS. THE INJURED SAW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HIT & EXTENDED HIS HAND TO BRACE FOR IMPACT. WHEN THE BUSES HIT THE BATTERY FOR THE BUS SLID & CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

October 23, 2002 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED WAS RIDING A MANBUS. THE BUS WAS HAVING TROUBLE PULLING A STEEP INCLINE. ANOTHER BUS WAS BROUGHT TO THE SCENE TO AID THE TROUBLED BUS UP THE HILL. WHILE ON THE INCLINE THE TROUBLED BUS ROLLED BACKWARD AND STRUCK THE SUMMONED BUS. THE INJURED SAW THAT THE 2 BUSES WERE GOING TO HIT. THE BATTERY SLID & CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN.

September 24, 2002 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF A STALLED MANBUS. THE MANBUS WAS STUCK BY A MOTOR. HE REPORTED HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENT.

May 9, 2002 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS HE WAS COMING OFF THE FEEDER WITH THE SHUTTLE CAR, THE EMPLOYEE HIT A HOLE & STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CAR'S CANOPY. HE BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 5/16/02 (REPORT LATE WAITING FOR DR. REPORT).

January 3, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING UNCOUPLE FLAT-CATS ONE OF THE CARS WHICH ARE VERY LOW. SLID OVER HIS FOOT. HE WAS OF WORK 2 DAYS AND RETURNED TO WORK AND WORKED UNTIL 1-17-02. HE THEN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WHER E IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD A FRACTURE HE STARTEDMISSING WORK THEN. I WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 1-28-02 THIS IS WHY THE REPORT IS LATE.

September 15, 2001 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE ALONG 5 SOUTH TRACK WAY. WHILE TRAMMING THE LOCOMOTIVE, IT BOUNCED AND THE CANOPY ON THE LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK A STEEL BEAM THAT WAS OVER THE TRACKWAY. THE OPERATOR STR UCK THE CANOPY AND CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES TO CLOSE.

June 11, 2001 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED HIM TO INJURE HIS LOWER BACK. HE WORKED UP UNTIL 7-9-01 AND BEGAN MISSING TIME DUE TO THIS REPORTED INJURY ON 6-11-01.

February 19, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Struck against a moving object

THIS EE STATES THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP, HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY AND THE JAR CAUSED HIM TO BUMP HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY AND INJURE HIS BACK. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO TH IS EVENT. THIS EE HAS BEGUN MISSING TIME FROM THE OCCURRENCE.

January 13, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Rockspring Development Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING ONE END OF SEALANT MACHINE UP WHIOE ANOTHER EE PICKED IT UP WITH SCOOP AND LET THE SCOOP BUCKET DOWN ON EE'S FOOT.

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