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February 28, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO POWDER HAULAGE TO GET A TAPE MEASURE,SLIPPED FROM TRUCK AND SPRAINED RIGHT FOOT.

February 10, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT

December 14, 1988 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM #201 MICHIGAN LOADER FELL FROM TOP STEP TO THE GROUND

October 5, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

WHILE HOOKING A CABLE ON A AUGER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 3-4 FT.& STRAINED R.KNEE

August 17, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON TRACK OF DOZER TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.

August 16, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM TOP OF WATER TRUCK AND LANDED ON AN AIR CLEANER OF THE TRUCK.

July 26, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START A WATER PUMP, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL FOR NO APPARENT CAUSE AND CLAIMS HE SUFFERED A LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.

February 19, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING UP A HILL THE VICTIM SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING A SEVERE CONTUSION AND SPRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER.

February 15, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK UP THE WHEELS OF A SCOOP VICTIM SLIPPED & FELL ABGAINST THE SCOOP CAUSING A CONTUSION T O LEFT SHOULDER & R IBS (LEFT)

February 4, 1988 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING UNDERGROUND TO SECTION HE CALIMED HE HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT ARM BUT THE WORKERS COMP FORM FILLED OUT BY THE PHYSICIAN NOTED A CONTUS ION TO LEFT POSTERIOR RIB CAGE AND LEFT FLANK

August 21, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF OF THE RUNNING BOARD OF THE STEAM TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING INTO A HIGHWALL DRILL HOLE & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE

April 20, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM WAS GREA8ING UPPER HOIST PIN OF 992 C CAT ENDLOADER WHEN H E SLIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN THE TIRE AND BOOM INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT LEG.

April 6, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE STANDING 2N THE BUMPER TO CHECK ENGINE OIL LEVEL OF TIRE TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF BUMPER AND HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON BUMPER CAUSING A HEMMORHAGIC TRAUMATIC BURSITIS OV ER LEFT TIBIAL 7UBERCLE. NO ACTUAL LOST TIME OCCURRED UNTIL 11-23-87 DUE TO SHUBSEPUENT COMPLICATIONS REGUIRING A CORRECTIVE OPERATIVE PROCEDURE.

February 2, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE TRYING TO3STEP FROM HIS ROCK TRUCK ONTO AN ENDLOADER THAT WAS PARKED BESIDE HIM, VICTIM FELL AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

May 27, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE STEPPING 8OWN ON RUNNING BOARDS OF DOZER, VICTIM SLIPPED ON SOME GREASE AND PULLED A TENDON IN SMALL OF BACK.

May 21, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall from machine

MECHANIC FELL OFF LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A BOLT CAUISNG HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE CUT A SMALL GASH IN HIS HEAD & BIT INTO HIS TONGUE.

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