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February 4, 1997 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EUCLID R-85 END DUMP TRUCK (#35B) DID NOT LOWER AFTER DUMPING. OPERATOR DROVE TRUCK WITH BED UP THE UPPER PART OF THE TRUCK BED STRUCK THE NIXVILLE ROAD OVERPASS. UPON IMPACT WITH THE BRIDGE, THE OPERATORS HEAD STRUCK THE STEERING WHELL CAUSING A CUT OT THE FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES

July 24, 1993 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES: DRIVING WATER TRUCK OUT OF SIDE ROAD ONTO MAIN HAUL ROAD. WHEN TRUCK TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM 1ST. TO 2ND. GEAR, TRUCK JERKED POPPING EMPLOYEES LOWER BACK. MUSCLE STRAIN TO L OWER BACK. NOTE: EMP. HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS.

August 6, 1991 IL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A SCRAPER PUSHING ANOTHER SCRAPER OVER A TOPSOIL STOCKPILE ANOTHER SCRAPER TRAVELING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION STRUCK THE CAB OF THE INJURED EE HE WAS THROWN AROUND VIOLENTLY IN T HE CAB OF SCARPER AND RECEIVED THREE BROKEN RIBSON LEFT SIDE.

February 20, 1991 IL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE STATES STANDING BEHIND A POWDER TRUCK OPERATING THE BIN DOOR CONTROLS.A HYDRAULIC LINE LOCATED TO HER LEFT DEVELOPED A PIN HOLE AND SPRAYED HYDRAULIC OIL,STRIKING HER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE AND GOT SOME OIL IN HER LEFT EYE CAUSING PAIN.

June 30, 1988 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE DRIVING A COAL HAUL TRUCK OUT OF PIT INCLINE THE WINDSHIELD OF THE TRUCK GFOGGED UP ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAB THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE WINDOW WHIME CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE TRUCK THE STRETCHING NOTION CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER

May 9, 1988 IL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE DRIVING TRUCK OUT OF PIT ALONG ACCESS RAMP STRUCK ROCK LYING IN ROADWAY THROWING EMPLOYEE UP AGAINST ROOF OF TRUCK CAUSING INJURY TO NECK AREA MUSCLE STRAIN TO NECK

October 26, 1987 IL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HAD GONE AFTER A LOAD OF BULK EXPLOSIVES WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO DRILL VIA MAIN ACCESS ROAD THERE WAS A BAD PLACE IN THE ROAD & HE HIT THE PLACE WITH POWDER TRUCK & REINJURED HI S BACK EMPLOYEE3HAD ALREADY TRAVELED THIS SAME ROADTWICE BEFORE THIS NIGHT EMPLOYEE HAS A CONTINUING HISTORY OF BACK INJURIES THAT REOCCUR QUITE FREQUENTLY

May 29, 1987 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES4OPERATING A 120 TON HAUL TRUCK.HEADED BACK TO PIT EMPTY.DRIVER HIT A WET/SLICK AREA OF HAUL ROAD.TRUCK TRACTOR JACK KNIFED AROUND INTO BED OF TRUCK,CAB STRUCK TRUCK BED DOING E XTENSIVE DAMAGE3TO CAB AND EMPLOYEE WAS SHOOK UP INSIDE AND RECEIVED A MUSCLE STRAIN TO MIDDLE OF BACK.NOTE:EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELT.

August 29, 1986 IL · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING CABLE R9EL TRUCK ACROSS DRAGLINE BENCH AT SLOW RATE OF SPEED. FRONT WHEEL OF TRUCK STRUCK HOLE OR ROCK AND JARRED DRIVER AROUND IN CAB. AFTERWARDS EMPLOYEE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BAC K. 3

February 26, 1985 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP STATES RIDING IN BACK SEAT OF MANTRIP VEHICLE VEHICLE STRUCK SEVERAL ROUGH PLACES IN ROADWAY BOUNCING HIM AGAINST ROOF OF VEHICLE SEVERLA TIMES FRACTURE TO VERTEBRA IN LOWER BACK

December 12, 1984 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP STATES OPERATING 120 TON HAUL TRUCK DRIVING EMPTY BACK INTO PIT A DOZER WORKING ON ACCESS RAMP LEFT SEVERAL LARGE ROCKS LYING IN ROADWAY TRUCK DRIVER DID NOT SEE ROCKS AND RAN OVER ROCKS HE WAS THROWN UP AGAINST ROOF OF CAB

September 28, 1984 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP STATED OPERATING HAUL TRUCK HAULING COAL STARTED DOWN RAMP INTO PIT AND HAD TO STOP ON RAMP BEHIND ANOTHER TRUCK ENGINE DIED ON T RUCK TRUCK ROLLED DOWN RAMP AND RAN OVER ROUGH AREA EMP R RESTARTED ENGINE AND PUT IN GEAR SUDDEN JAR JOLFROM COMBINATION OF ROUGH ROAD AND SUDDEN LURCH OF TRUCK CAUSED DRIVER TO BE JOLTED AROUND IN CAB

June 27, 1984 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES DRIVING THE 165 COAL TRUCK COMING OUT #RAMP OF 8750 PIT FOLLOWING TWO SCRAPERS OUT THE RAMP THE SCRAPER IN FRON T OF HIM SUDDENLY STOPPED CAUSING THE COAL TRUCK TO STOP. A SCRA SCRAPER FOLLOWING THE COAL TRUCK WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND TRUCK THE REAR BUMPER OF TRUCK. THE IMPACT SHOOK THE DRIVER CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN TO LOWER BACK

June 25, 1984 IL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING SCRAPER AND HAD ANOTHER SCRAPER HOOKED TO THE BACK IN A PUSH-PULL OPERATION. THE FRONT SCRAPER WENT THROUGH A MUD HOLE. ALLOWING SLACK TO COME INTO THE CONNECTION LOOP. WHEN THE FRON T SCRAPER CLEARED THE MUD HOLE AND GOT TRACTION, THE SCRAPER LURCHED FORWARD TAKING UP THE SLACK CAUSING A SUDDEN STOP/JERK TO EMPLOYEE, INJURING NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCLES.

January 16, 1984 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP DID NOT SEE A HAUL TRUCK STOPPED IN THE ROAD AHEAD OF HIM AND RAN INTO IT EMP COULD NOT SEE THE TAIL LIGHTS OF THE TRUCK IN HIS PATH BECAUSE OF THE HEADLIGHTS OF A TRUCK APPROACHING HI

January 16, 1984 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Struck against a moving object

A PASSENGER IN MECHANIC TRUCK DRIVER COULD NOT SEE HAUL TRUCK WHICH WAS STOPPED IN HIS PTH DUE TO GLARE OF LIGHTS FROM AN ON-COMING HAUL TRUCK MECHANIC TRUCK RAN INTO REAR OF HAUL TRUCK

April 5, 1983 IL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Delta Mine Holding Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS SITTING ON POWDER BAGS IN BED OF POWDER TRUCK WHIEL TRUCK WAS GOING UP AN INCLINE. AS THE TRUCK PULLED ONTO THE BENCH, HE SLID OFF THE BED OF THE TRUCK & ONTO THE GROUND, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

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