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August 10, 2010 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Grand Eagle Mining, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a Cat 988F end loader. Another end loader came around small pile of coal and struck the rear of the other loader.

March 13, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Grand Eagle Mining, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a gob truck in the pit area. He was on his way out of the pit, hauling shale back to the gob dump at the Prep Plant, when he ran over a hole in the haul road causing him to go up and down very suddenly. EE did not start missing work until March 19,08. It was determined by the doctor he had trauma to the abdominal area.

November 30, 2000 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Grand Eagle Mining, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPENING A 988B ENDLOADER FEEDING COAL INTO THE TRUCK HOPPERS, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.

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