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August 3, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, WHEEL DROPPED INTO HOLEIN THE ROADWAY.

June 1, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR.

August 11, 1999 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING A 21SC SHUTTLE CAR. BRUISED MUSCLE IN BACK.

April 1, 1999 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY ON THE S/C WHEN HE RAN OVER A BAD PLACE IN THE HAUL WAY.

March 23, 1999 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 1' BY 1' WIDE, 2" THICK PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM RIB WHEN OPERATOR SCRUBED RIB GOING AROUND CORNER.

December 15, 1998 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

HE TOOK GUARD OFF OF TAKE UP AND WAS WORKING ON TAKE UP ROPE WHEN ROPE SLIPPED AND GUIDE PULLEY CAUGHT COAT SLEEVE AND MASHED LEFT LOWER ARM.

November 4, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HIT HEAD AGAINST TOP WHILE RIDING MANTRIP. STUBBED NECK UP.

October 29, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DUMPING A SHUTTLE CAR LOAD INTO FEEDER WHEN HE STARTED TO TURN AROUND IN HIS SEAT HE SAID HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 28, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUNCHING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE WITH SLATE BAR. BELT CAUGHT BAR AND HIT LEG.

August 26, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

PANIC BAR KNOCKED ON SHUTTLE CAR COMING OFF DUMP, ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR CAME IN ON OTHER SIDE AND RAN INTO HIM, BRUISING VICTIMS HIP.

July 9, 1998 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING MINER WHEN MINER WENT THROUGH A DFIP. THE CABLE HOOKED ON THE BOOM OF MINER TIGHTENED UP AND CAUGHT MINER OPERATOR, THROWING HIM AGAINST TOP. BRUISING HIS LOWER BACK.

June 17, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HAULING ROCK DOWN #3 TO GOB WHEN HE GOT INTO SOME BELT STRUCTURE AND ONE FLIPPED UP HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDED OF THE HEAD AND CUTTINGBESIDE AND BELOW HIS EYE.

April 9, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOPMAN WAS PICKING UP ROCK OFF RIB. A TIMBER HIBBEN UNDER THE ROCK SLID INTO DECK WITH HIM.

March 4, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Fall onto or against objects

THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAVELING TOWARDS THE MINER IN #8 ENTRY. THE SCOOP WAS BACKING UP TO CLEAN THE LAST RIB IN #7 ENTRY. THE S/C OPERATOR & THE SCOOP OPERATOR HAD THEIR LIGHTS ON IN THE DIRECT ION OF TRAVEL & WERE FACING THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THE RT. CORNER OF THE BATTERY END OF THE SCOOP HIT THE INBY POST OF THE S/C. OPERATOR JUMPED OUT HITTING THE BATTERY.

November 2, 1997 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING DOWN SLOPE ON 3-WHEELER AND BRAKE LINE BURSTED PUT 3-WHEELER INTO HILL AND STOVE UP KNEE.

October 27, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR TOWARDS MINER AND HIT ROUGH PLACE IN ROAD AND THREW NECK AND SHOULDER IN CANOPY.

October 27, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS CHANGING SEATS IN 21 S/C JOY SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE SAID HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.

September 9, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

SHUTTLECAR OPERATOR HIT HOLE IN BOTTOM BRUISED LEFT SIDE. BETWEEN #5 & #4 ENTRIES.

September 2, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

RAN OVER A HOLE WITH THE EMPTY S/C. HURTING HIS STRADDLE.

August 4, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE SETTING HEAD DRIVE HE WAS HOLDING PRESSURE ON THE BACK OF IT WITH A SCOOP, HE DID NOT LET THE SCOOP DOWN BEFORE PULLING OFF OF IT WHICH THREW HIM INTO THE TOP OF CANOPY AND BACK DOWN ON THE DECK WHICH RESULTED IN BRUISING HIS NECK ANDLEFT LEG, RIBS.

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