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August 14, 2018 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Company · Struck by flying object

While attempting to start a D10 Cat Dozer, a section of the dash board burst causing glass to be blown out and causing a cut on the employee's arm that required the wound to be sutured.

May 24, 2016 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The lab employee was lifting a coal sample bag and pulled or strained their right bicep

June 18, 2015 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was attempting to pump water from the pond and as he was approaching the water pump, he fell in the spillway bruising his left elbow and left thigh

June 9, 2015 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped up onto the push arm of the D65PX-17 Dozer and his muddy boot slipped off of the step and since he was holding onto the grab iron, (handhold), it spun him around straining his back

June 4, 2015 KY · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

At approximately 2:30 a.m. on 06/04/2015, employee drove the vehicle to the upper plant gate and as he was locking the gate, he noticed that the vehicle was rolling and as he ran to catch it, he fell injuring his neck and lacerating his forehead.

April 24, 2015 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The packing slip had been removed from a palletized box and in order to ascertain the contents of the box, EE slid the box around and strained his lower back

March 31, 2015 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The serviceman had finished servicing the D10N Dozer, stepped off of the push arm, and while holding onto the handhold, he stepped onto the ground while turning around and twisted his back resulting in a muscle sprain.

March 12, 2015 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Mr. Hatfield had assisted in moving the port-a-potty, and upon entering his service truck, he experienced pain & a burning sensation in his hips and legs.

February 23, 2015 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The equipment serviceman slipped and fell on ice while servicing a light plant

November 24, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured laborer was stabilizing a top perlin across the basket of the man lift which was being operated by another contractor and his arm became trapped between the new building structure and the man lift basket resulting in broken Radius and Ulna bones of the lower left forearm.

November 4, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountainside Coal Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured worker, was sharpening a chisel when a sliver of metal from the chisel became dislodged, sailed over the top of his safety glasses and embedded in his right eye

April 18, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountainside Coal Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The mechanic was hammering a hard bar pin into a D10 Dozer and a piece of the pin broke off and became embedded in his left thigh

April 9, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee was watching another employee hydroseeding with the hose when the other employee lost his footing & stumbled & employee ran to assist the other employee, fell and rolled down the slope, pulling the muscles in his neck.

March 15, 2014 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The Dozer operator was tramming backward in a shot when the track slipped off of a boulder and injured his left side soft tissue in the rib area

January 6, 2014 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Co · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee leaned over to start the fuel pump and when he pulled the engine start rope, he felt a stinging, burning sensation in his left upper chest.

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