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March 23, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SCREEN INA 36 DRYER AND STRAINED HIMSELF MOVING BASKET AND CHUTE BACK IN PLACE.

January 28, 1995 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A D9 CAT DOZER OVERTOP OF PIECES OF BONE COAL & SLATE TO BREAK THEM UP. AS HE BACKED THE DOZER ACROSS SEVERAL PIECES HE CROSSED OVER A LARGE ROCK WHEN THE DOZER TRACKS CAME OVER THE ROCK, THE BACK SIDE OF THE DOZER DROPPED QUICKLY & JARRED THE OPERATOR.

January 18, 1995 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A RUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER LOADING COAL INTO RECOVERY FEEDER. AS HE APPROACHED THE COAL PILE A HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED CAUSING AN INSTANT LOSS OF STEERING THE SUDDEN CHAN GE OF MOTION THREW HIM AGAINST THE CORNER POST OROPS STRUCTURE INSIDE THE CAB.

December 31, 1994 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON PORT-A-POWER HANDLE WITH HIS FOOT. THE TOOL WAS POSITIONED ON THE GROUND ON LOOSE MATERIAL. AS HE APPLIED PRESSURE THE TOOL ROLLED OVER CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FAL L.

November 5, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING ROPE ON RED DEVIL HOIST, PIECE OF WIRE GOT INTO LEFT HAND.

July 13, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by falling object

INSTALLED DRIVE SHAFT IN 50 TON CLIME, BOXED/OPENED WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED DROPPED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE OVER LEFT EYE, CAUSING CUT REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

June 21, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by flying object

EXTREMELY HOT OUTSIDE TEMP. EMPLOYEE TIRED.

March 29, 1994 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD DIARREA YESTERDAY.STARTED CLIMBING LADDER OF992 LOADER AND FELT SOMETHING POP INSIDE. USED BATHROOM AND STARTED PASSING BLOOD THROUGH BOWELS.

January 18, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck against a moving object

992 LOADER WAS LOADING ROCK TRUCK AND LARGE ROCK HIT BED CAUSING INJURY TO NECK AND BACK.

November 8, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall from machine

WHLE CLIMBING UPON 6061 ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE HURTING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE LADDER RUG.

October 29, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RAN OVER ROCK ON EDGE OF BERM, STEERING WHEEL KICKED BACK AND HIT WRIST.

October 20, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck against a moving object

DOZER BACKING OVER FILL AREA DIDN'T SEE LARGE ROCK WHICH FELL OFF ROCK & DOZER TRACK HIT ROCK JERKING BACK.

October 14, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK SETTING UNDER CAT 892 LOADER BEING LOADED LARGE ROCK ROLLED OUT OF BLASTED MATERIAL STRIKING TRUCK IN RT REAR TIRE AND WHEEL. ROCK HIT RIM AND SEAL CAUSING FLAT TIRE ON TRUCK EE SHOOK UP FROM IMPACT OF ROCK.

October 13, 1993 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BLASTER WAS WIRING UP A SHOT. HE STEPPED IN A BOREHOLE COVERED BY MUD. LEFT FOOT WENT IN HOLE, BENDING IT BACKWARDS AND TWISTING IT. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED.

September 7, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF METAL WAS STACK IN A AW COAL SHUTE & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE IT IT BECAME DISLODGED & STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE SEVERAL TIMES ON LEFT KNEE LEFT SIDE BACK RT SIDE RT ELBOW & LEFT THUM B

September 3, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Madison Branch Management Inc · Rubbed or abraded

ACCIDENT REPORTED 2:30PM 9-7-93. EMPL0YEE SAID HE HAD INJURED KNEE WHILE CRAWLING UNDER DOZER TO REMOVE BELLY PAN FROM DOZER. EMPLOYEE WORKED 9-7-93 MISSED 9-8, 9, 10-93 RETURNED TO WORK 9- 13-93.

August 23, 1993 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING 992, LIFTED LARGE ROCK, ENGINE STOPPED & ROCK TILTED LOADER. ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF BUCKET & LOADER SHOT BACKWARDS CAUSING INJURED TO HIT HIS HEAD ON WINDSHIELD. INJURED SHOULDER & HEAD.

June 1, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by flying object

FLYING DUST PARTICLES FROM OTHER EQUIPMENT WORK IN AREA END LOADER

May 17, 1993 WV · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE STANDING BEHIND PICK-UP SAMPLING COAL A COAL TRUCK BACKED INTO PICK-UP KNOCKING EMPLOYEE OUT ON GRATING OF TRUCK DUMP. FIRST AID.

May 17, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE STANDING BEHIND A PIECK-UP TRUCK A COAL TRUCK BACKED INTO THE PICK-UP KNOCKING EMPLOYEE OUT ON GRATING OF TRACK PIN.

May 17, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE STANDING BEHIND PICK-UP TRUCK AT TRUCK DUMP A COAL TRUCK BACKED INTO PICK-UP KNOCKING EMPLOYEE OUT ON GRATING OF TRUCK DUMP. FIRST AID.

May 12, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING EUCLID R-50 WATER TRUCK. PULLED MUSCLE IN KNEE. NO SCRAPES OR ABRASION O SURFACE, KNEE SWELLING.

April 26, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING END-LOADER BACKED UP HAD TO MAKE SUDDEN STOP CAUSING WHIP-LASH - FIRST AID.

April 15, 1993 WV · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING DOWN CATWALK WITH A BAG OF COAL WEIGHING APPROX. 45 TO 50 LB. ON HIS SHOULDER, WHICH HAD HAD JUST TAKEN A SAMPLE. THE CATWALK GIVE DOWN CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP CAUSING INJUR Y TO HIS BACK FROM TWISTING.

March 1, 1993 WV · Coal security guard, watchman Fatality · OTHER
Madison Branch Management Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LEFT MOTOR RUNNING IN VEHICLE WHICH HAD MANY HOLES IN EXHAUST. FELL ASLEEP.

February 25, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by falling object

992 WAS LOADING 773 ROCK TRUCK EE WAS DRIVING & ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF BUCKET IMPACT CAUSED WHIPLASH

February 8, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by flying object

MECHANIC CLEANING BRAKE PARTS WITH AIR HOSE. SOME DEBRIS GOT IN LEFT EYE.

January 6, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PARKING AREA FROM MY TRUCK AND STEPPED IN A HOLE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER DARK BUT THE PARKING LOT IS WELL LIGHTED WITH A LIGHT PLANT. THE PARKING AREA WAS BEING RESURFACED WITH ROCK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

December 31, 1992 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING 992 LOADER, PICKED UP LARGE ROCK AND ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF BUCKET CAUSING INJURY TO BACK.

December 2, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by falling object

CRACK DEVELPED IN CONE OF SILO WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SEAVRE AREA TO PREVENT BULT FROM BLOCKING OFF SO WE COULD EMPTY SILO COAL TRACK FELL FROM CRACK STRIKING EE ON RIGHT SIDE AND ARM INJURING RI GHT WRIST.

September 24, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED IS A MECHANIC ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT DURING HIS REGULAR WORK HE HANDLES HEAVY PARTS, ETC. DURING HIS SHIFT HE MUST HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD CLIMBED ON TEH 992 SEVERAL TIMES & TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 15, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Madison Branch Management Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING IN OILS & GREASES OVER PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING DERMATITIS OF RIGHT HAND.

September 4, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A BARREL OF ANTIFREEZE CONTAINING APPROX 15 GALLONS, EMPLOYEE HURT BACK.

August 18, 1992 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE CARRYING A BAG FLOCKALANT TO THE MIXING STATION THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY THE SEPARATORS AND STEPPING OVER AN EXISTING 12" PIPE, SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AND FELL BACKWARDS.

August 1, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by falling object

DUE TO NO LIGHTS EMPLOYEE STEPPED THROUGH GRATING, AND TRUCK DRIVER COULD NOT SEE EMPLOYEE AND OPENED TAILGATE, CAUSING COAL TO SPILL OUT OF EMPLOYEE.

July 6, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Madison Branch Management Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WORKING ON VIBERATORS WALKED AROUND ON BEAM EMP SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS R SIDE OF BEAM

March 25, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hudson Coal Company · Fall from machine

GETTING OFF DOZER,SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.

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