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March 3, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Bailey Energy Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING TORCH BLEW BACK BURNING TWO FINGERS

November 4, 1991 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bailey Energy Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET AND MUDDY BOTTOM FALLING WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO LEFT SHOULDER.

June 15, 1987 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE AS CLI4BING LADDER & LADDER BROKE EMPLOYEE FELL & HURT HIS BACK

May 28, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS WOR5ING ON A OVERCAST, PICKED UP A CINDER BLOCK & PULLED A MUSCLE IN SHOULDER

April 30, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS SETT3NG TIMBERS ON ROAD WAX, HE STARTED TO SET A TIMBER WHEN ROCK FELL AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT AND LEG

April 30, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS TIMB9RING ROAD WAY WHEN A ROCK FELL ON HIM II NAME WAS HELPING REMOVED ROCK WHEN STRAINING HIS BACK.

April 3, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RAN SHUTTLE CAR3INTO THE RIB PINNING RIGHT ARM AND CHEST AGAINST THE RIB.

March 19, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ WALKING THR2UGH BREAK OUTBY FACE,LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND SC CABLE.

March 12, 1987 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED STOVED 2EAD AGAINST MINER CANOPY.

December 3, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genoa Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

1/2 IN CHAIN HO5DING BELT TAILPIECE BROKE FOOT CAUGHT UNDER TAILPIECE

January 27, 1986 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED ABOUT 1:00 PM ON 1-27-86 IN A INTERSECTION OF MO.1 ENTRY LAST OPEN BREAK OF 4 WEST SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 5' HIGH. 20'L AND 30'W. NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED AND NO EMPLOYEE S. THE FALL DID3T DISTURB THE VENTILATION. THE ROOF FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP

January 23, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS USI3G VERTICAL HYDRAULIC PRESS WHEN AN EXTRANEOUS PIEC OF ROUND STOCK MEASURING 5"X7" FELL FROM WORK PLATFORM & STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT.

January 23, 1986 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS USI3G CRIB BLOCK TO PUSH LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR WHEN BLOCK FLEW OUT STRIKING FACE BETWEEN EYES.

January 21, 1986 WV · Coal IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE CUTTING 231/2'SUMP PASS FROM TAIL TO HEAD THOUGH 2 SANDSTONE INTISION SHORT DUROTION,SELF EXTRNGUSHING METHANE GAS ININATION ALLEDGELY OCCURRED AT SHELD NUMBER 40.COOL SAMPLES TAKEN IN 2ND AROUND THE 5REA TO PRODUCE ANY EVIDENCE OF ASK NO INJURI-SE .

October 22, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PNEUMOCONIOSIS

October 7, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Contact with electrical current

EMP HAD CHANGED OUT A BREAKER AT A POWER CENTER WHEN HE PUT THE POWER IN ON THE BREAKER IT WENT TO A PHASE TO PHASE GROUND

July 27, 1985 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED WERE 3 NORTH INTERSECTS 3 WEST MANLINE TRACK APPROX. 80 INBY STATION SPAD 1893 THIS FALL MEASURED 46 X 25 X 7.

May 7, 1985 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HELPING HANG THE CONTINIOUS MINER CABLE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 3, 1985 WV · Coal timberman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ALLEDGED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOUS

April 18, 1985 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE HAD BEEN GRANTED 25% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS

April 9, 1985 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK OFF A 105- MINER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER PART OF BACK.

January 10, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYMENT WAS REMOVING ROCK OFF TRAM MOTOR ON LOADING MACHINE WHEN HE CAUGHT HISRIGHT WRIST BETWEEN A PIECE OF SHARP ROCK AND JUNCTION BOX RESULTING IN A LACERATION APPROX. 1 1/2 INCHES L ONG.

September 14, 1984 WV · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE MISTAKENLY REMOVED A HYDRAULIC HOSE WITHOUT FIRST RELIEVING PRESSURE FROM HOSE AS INSTRUCTED CRITICAL INJURY RESULTED WHEN HOSE STRUCK VICTIMS FOREHEAD

August 1, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE FACE OF THE #2 WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROOF FELL ON HIS FOOT RESULTING IN INJURY. THE EE RECEIVED 9 STITCHES IN HIS LEFT FOOT.

July 12, 1984 WV · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator ELECTRICAL
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Flash burns (electric)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WHEN IT WENT PHASE TO PHASE AND AN ARC WAS FORMED. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT FOREHAND.

May 19, 1984 WV · Coal supply man, nipper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPENING CARD BOARD BOX WITH A RAZOR KNIFE AND BLADE HAD RECENTLY BEEN CHANGED AND WAS SHARPER THAN EXPECTED BLADE CUT THRU AND CAUGHT WRIST

April 30, 1984 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE HANGING TROLLEY WIRE ON 5-RT SECTION WHEN SUDDENLY WIRE FLEW OUTWARD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HIS RT EAR AND HEAD INJURY RESULTED IN 12 STITCHEDS TO HIS EAR INSIDE AND OUT TROLLEY WIRE WAS DEENERGIZED

April 28, 1984 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Fall from ladders

INJ EMP WAS HELPING CHANGE PLASTIC PIPE FROM SCRUBBER TO TAILINGS LINE WAS COMING DOWN OFF PIPE TO STIEP LADDER WHEN LADDER WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL STRIKING LOWER ABDOMEN ON SWITCH FOR FORTHCELL SKIMMERS

April 26, 1984 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

INJ EMP WAS UNLOADING A PUMP AT 5 NORTH MAINLINE WHEN THE PUMP SLIPPED OFF THE CRIBING AND FELL ON LEFT FOOT INJURY RESULTED IN FRACURED LITTLE TOE

April 18, 1984 WV · Coal dispatcher POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO ALOCOMOTIVE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY MINE CAR ON THE FRONT END RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEE BUMPING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON RADIO DECK. THE EMPLOYEE HAD 7 STITCHES PU STITCHES PUT IN HIS KNEE FRON THE LACERATION.

March 16, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED EMP WAS PREPARING TO HANG LINE CURTAIN IN THE NO 4 PILLAR BLOCK OFF THE NO 5 ENTRY 5-RIGHT 3-WEST SECTION WHEN SUDDENLY THE IMMEDIATE ROOF FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE UPPER BACK AND LEF T FOOT

February 22, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN THE #2 ROOM IN FACE AREA ON THE 5 RIGHT 3 WEST SECTION WHEN SUDDENLY THE COAL RIB BEHIND HIM TURNED OVER. THE RIB STRUCK THE EE ON THE LOWER PART OF THE BACK RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS.

February 18, 1984 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENT ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON SECTION 0690 IN AN INTERSECTION IN #4 HAD AT SPAD #4378 APPROS 300 FT OUTBY PILAR LINE AREA SUPPORTED WITH 4 FT RESIN BOLTS AND 3X8X16 WOODEN CROSS PIECES FAL FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP

February 16, 1984 WV · Coal boom operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

AS THE PORTA BUS WAS LEAVING THE SESCTION FOLLOWING THE MANTRIP TO THE SURFACE A LOAD OF EMPTIES ONE OF WHICH ROLLED OUT ON THE MAINLINE THE BUS THAT THE EMP WAS RIDING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE STOPPED MINE CAR RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE WHEEL TO PARKING BRAKE

February 14, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

TOP WAS BROKE UP IN SPLIT #2 5RT 3W -069-0- SECTION. INJURED EE WAS SETTING TIMBERS WHEN A PIECE OF R OCK FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT & FRACTURING HIS SMALL TOE.

February 14, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

INJURED EE WAS BACKING MINER OUT OF PILLAR BLOCK & TOP WAS WORKING, EE DECIDED T LEAVE DECK OF MINER & RUN. IN DOING SO HE CUT HIS LEG ON A PIECE OF COAL THAT HAD FELL OFF RIB.

January 10, 1984 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GRANTED 15% PERM PARTIAL DISABILITY DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

December 1, 1983 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A UNITENTINAL ROOF FALL OCCURED ON THE 069 SECTION 5 RIGHT OFF 8 LEFT 3 WEST IN THE NUMBER 1 ENTRY. RETURN ESCAPEWAY APPROX 125 FT BOUTBY PILLAR LINE THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 90 FT LONG 18 FT AND 6 FT HIGH WERE USING 4 FT RESIN WITH 9X8X16 WOODEN CROSSBARS PASSAGE OF MEN WAS AFFECTED BUT NOT BENTILATION THE FALL WILL NOIT BE CLEANED UP ESCASPE ROUTE WAS MARKED FOR EMPLOYEES.

November 2, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN GRANTED 40% PERM PARTIAL DIDSBILTY DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS

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