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October 18, 1989 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dan Del Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS RUNNING SCOOP IN ROADWAY AND SEEN A ROCK IN ROAD HE PICKED IT UP AND TOSS IT OVER TO THE SIDE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE MISSED WORK ON 19=20, BUT DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURY TO OFFICE UNTIL 10-31-89 HE WORKED UP UNTIL THE 31 OF OCT THAT WHY THE REPORT IS LATE AFTER DATE OF INJURY WE DID NOT KNOW UNTIL THE 31.TH.

February 7, 1989 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dan Del Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME SAID HE PULLED MUSCLE LIFTING A JACK. HE SAID HE HAD A HERNIA IN PELVIS AREA FROM THIS INCIDENCE. WE WERE TOLD OF THIS ON 2/22/89.

October 4, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Dan Del Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE IS A ROOF BOLTER HELPER. HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER AFTER THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. THE BOLTE MACHINE OPERATOR WAS LETTING DOWN HIS STAB JACK AND HE HAD HIS FOOT UNDER THE EDGE OF THE FRAME. WHEN THE ROOF BOLTER CAME DOWN IT HIT HIS FOOT. HE HAD 3 FRACTURED TOES.

September 12, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dan Del Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS 70FT.BEHIND MINER MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE MINER A PIECE OF DRY ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB & THE BOLTS THE ROCK WAS APPROX.3IN.THICK IT HIT I.NAME ON THE UPPER AREA OF THE BACK HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO H.A.R.H.NO BROKEN BONES COULD BE SEEN ON THE X-RAYS

September 29, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Dan Del Coals Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE INJURED WAS3RIDING INSIDE ON MANTRIP,FELL OFF SCOOP AND TIRE HIT HIS LEG AND BROKE IT.

September 1, 1987 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Dan Del Coals Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MINER CUT INTO 2LD MINE WORKINGS. WATER FLOODED MINE. NO INJURIES.

June 11, 1986 KY · Coal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Dan Del Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING THE MINER TO PUT THE RT OUTSIDE CUTTER DRUM ON THE SHAFT HE STEPPED HIS RT FOOT ON GROUND TO BEND OVER TO SEE HOW CLOSE HE WAS TO THE CUTTER DRUM HIS LEFT KNEE HIT THE RT TRAM LEVER ENG5GING THE MOTOR THE MINER THEN SLEWED SIDEWAYS CATCHING RT ANKLE UNDER MINER DECK

April 28, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper POWERED HAULAGE
Dan Del Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME CAME AND3TOLD THE SHUTTLE CAR DRIVER THEY NEEDED A SCOOP IN AN ENTRY. THEN HE WALKED AROUND THE BACK OF THE CAR ON THE OFFSIDE WITHOUT LETTING THE CAR DRIVER KNOW HIS WALKED AROUND THE BACK OF THE CA9 ON THE OFFISDE WITHOUT LETTING THE CAR DRIVER KNOW HIS POSITION THE CAR DRIVER THEN STARTED TO PULL INTO A BREAK AND THE REAR OF THE CAR HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LEG. THE DRIVER IM

April 2, 1985 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Dan Del Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS CUTTING A TREE HIS SON I.NAME WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER THE TREE STARTED FALLING THE WRONG WAY I.NAME RAN TOWARDS HIS SON TO GET HIS ATTENTION THE TREE STRUCK THE CANOPY ON THE BULL DOZER AND VEERED OFF AND STRUCK I.NAME IN THE HEAD I.NAME DIED INSTANTLY

May 31, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Dowell Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

HE WAS RESETTING MINER BREAKER AT POWER CENTER AND THE CAT HEAD MUST NOT HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TOGETHER GOOD THE CAT HEAD ARCHED WHICH RESULTED IN GETTING HIS HAND BURNED.

May 11, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dowell Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PULLING DOWN PIECE OF ROCK WITH ROCK BAR.BAR SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE -GOT OFF BALANCE WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS BACK.

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