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1983–2026
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October 8, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
J & C Mining Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAMMING NO.4 BRIDGE CARRIER. EE LEG RIGHT FELL OUT OF OPERATORS DECK AND CAUGHT BETWEEN BRIDGE CARRIER DECK AND LONG JOHN BELT STRUCTURE. EE S LEG WAS MASHED REQUIRING EMERGENCY ROOM T REATMENT AND HOSPITALIZATION WITH SUBSEQUENT SURGERY. BONE WAS NOT FRACTURED.

September 15, 1998 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
J & C Mining Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING CRAWLER/BRIDGE CARRIER NO. 3. LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER WAS CUAHGT IN A PINCH POINT WITHIN REACH OF OPERATORS POSITION AND CRUSHED. THE EE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID AT THE MINESITE AN D TAKE TO ER. THE SURGEON AMPUTATED THE DISTAL PHALANX (1ST JOINT) OF THE LITTLE FINGER.

September 3, 1998 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
J & C Mining Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A BELT BUGGY ON AN INCLINE DURING THE PRESHIFT INSPECTION. BELT BUGGY LOST POWER AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AND EE LOST CONTROL AND BUGGY ROLLED BACKWARDS COLLIDING WITH RIB. EE W AS CUT ON HIS SHOULDER ON IMPACT. EE WALKED OUT OF THE MINE AND DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPTIAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FOR A CUT.

May 23, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
J & C Mining Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAW A RIB ROLLING DOWN ON THE SCOOP HE WAS OPERATING. HE QUICKLY JUMPED OUT OF THE SCOOP OPERATORS DECK AND AS HE DID HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SCOOP TIRE AND FRAME.

May 13, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
J & C Mining Llc · Struck against a moving object

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER ON LIL' MAC BUGGY WHICH WAS IN MOTION ON THE NO. 2 BELT ENTRY. THEHUB CAME OFF THE AXLE OF THIS BUGGY CAUSING BUGGY TO ROLL BACK AND HIT BELT STRUCTURE. THE EMPLO YEE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE BUGGY REPORTED INJURY FROM THIS COLLISION.

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