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June 18, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator FIRE
C & N Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CAN OF SPRAY PA3NT ON SCOOP RUPTURED AND IGNITED CAUSING THE FIRE

June 5, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & N Coal Company · Struck by falling object

LOW COAL 30IN H9AD PROT ECTION CANOPY RUBBED TROP DISLODGING ROCK & METAL

March 23, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & N Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS UNLOSDI3G EQUIPMENT OUT OF SCOOP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

March 18, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & N Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKER WAS LOAD3NG BELT ROLLERS ONTO SCOOP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

February 25, 1987 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
C & N Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP STUCK IN 4UD.HE WAS HAVING OPER LIFT SCOOP WITH BUCKET SO HE COULD PLACE MATERIAL UNDER WHEEL HAVING ONE HAND PLACED ON TOP OF BUCKET.IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN MINE ROOF AND BUCKET OF SCOOP.

February 23, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator OTHER
C & N Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

I NAME WAS AT T2E MINE BEGAN COMPLAINING OF SEVERED CHEST AND NECK PAIN LEAVING MINE HE DROVE HIMSELF HOME WAS FOLLOWED BY I NAME TO SEE THAT HE MAKE IT HOME.

January 7, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
C & N Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE OPERATING3SCOOP IN LOW COAL RAISED UP TO FREE LIGHT CORD STRICKING HARD HAT ON MINE ROOF SBLEADING ABOVE LEFT EYE WAS TREATED AT MUD CREEK CLINIC AS FIRST AID.

December 31, 1986 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & N Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE CHANGING 6ATTERIES IN S COOP SH-105 SCOOP OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF STRAINING HIS BACK WHILE PUSHING ON BATTERIES.

October 7, 1986 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & N Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I WAS TOLD AS 2F 10 13 86 THAT I NAME INJUURED HIS BACK WHILE LOAD ROCKDUST 10 07 86 AT THE TIME SO INDICATED

August 27, 1986 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & N Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHOVELING RIBS 3EAR FACE AREA DISLODGED PIECE OF DRAW SLATE COMING DOWN FORCED HEAD DOWN TO BOTTOM CUTTING HIM NEAR LEFT EYE.

August 6, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & N Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED & FELL 4HILE WORKING ON SCOOP MOTOR.

June 20, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
C & N Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELTMAN AT DUMP3NG POINT BEGIN CLEANING COAL FORM UNDER TAILPIECE. THINKING HIS BELT SWITCH WAS OFF THEN BELTMAN ON HEADDRIVE TURNED ON HIS SWITCH. WITH ROLLER GUARD REMOVED FOR CLEANING. IT D RAGGED THE DUMP4ANS FOOT UNDER ROLLER THUS CAUSING MINOR INJURY TO FOOT.

April 18, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & N Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING TIMBER8 AND SETTING TIMBERS

October 10, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
C & N Coal Company · Struck by falling object

A ROCK FELL IN THE #4 ENTRY IN RIGHT BREAK BRAKING HIS JAW, NOSE & PELVIS BONE AND ANKLE

September 17, 1985 KY · Coal MACHINERY
C & N Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

PULLING LOGS WITH DOZER ENGINE QUIT ON DOZER THE DOZER STARTED GOING BACKWARD AND HE JUMPED OFF THE LOGS ROLLED OVER HIM

August 21, 1985 KY · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & N Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MOVING DRILL FROM ONE SIDE OF MINE TO THE OTHER WITH SCOOP.DRILL TURNED OVER AND HIT HIS RIBS.

June 27, 1985 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & N Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TRAMMING SCOOP FROM FACE BARS ON SCOOP HIT THE TOP AND SOME ROCK FELL ON HIS LAP AND HIP HAD TO SPOT A BOLT WHERE THE ROCK HAD FELL

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