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July 19, 1989 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

DROPPING 3 LOADED R R CARS HAD BAD BRAKE JUMPED OFF LANDED ON FT ROLLED OVER HIT L WRIST R ELBOW.

April 21, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED LEFT KNEE COMING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER.

December 29, 1988 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against stationary object

STRAINED L KNEE STEPPING OFF LADDER OF ENDLOADER

September 8, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

HE RECEIVED THIRD LOAD OF THE DAY; WAS AT TOP OF GRADE AND TRIED TO SHIFT FROM HIGH RANGE TO LOW RANGE AND GOT TO FOURTH GEAR. TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE JACOBS BRAKE KILLED THE ENGIN E. HE COULDN'T RE-ENGAGE TRANSMISSION AND HE LOST BRAKE AIR PRESSURE. THE TRUCK BROKE FREE AND HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB.

September 3, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

I,NAME RECEIVED THIRD LOAD OF THE DAY; WAS AT TOP OF GRADE AND TRIED TO SHIFT FROM HIGH RANGE TO LOW RANGE AND GO TO FOURTH GEAR. TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGED AND THE JACOBS BRAKE KILLED THE E NGINE. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND RESTARTED ENGINE. HE COULDN'T REENGAGE TRANSMISSION AND HE LOST BRAKE AIR PRESSURE. THE TRUCK BROKE FREE AND HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB.

June 21, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

WATERING ROADS, LET WATER TRUCK RUN OUT OF FUEL, ENGINE STALLED ROLLED BACK HITTING OTHER WATER TRUCK. JUMPED OUT OF WATER TRUCK INJURING RIGHT ANKLE.

June 6, 1988 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

DROPPED 3 LOADS WAS SETTING BRAKES ABOUT 10 LOADS BEHIND ROLLED DOWN TRUCK HITTING LOADS THAT WERE STOPPED THREW CAR DROPPER AGAINST LADDER OF LOADS INJURING LEFT RIB CAGE.

February 23, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry & Hylton Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FUELING FUEL TRUCK FROM STORAGE TANK SLIPPED CAUGHT SELF WITH RIGHT ARM.

August 12, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 5 GAL C5N OF OIL OFF STARTING 8-13-86.

August 12, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Perry & Hylton Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HEATING SLEEVE 2N BACK OF ENGINE FLEW BACK ON HIM.

July 28, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED ON TRAC5 OF DOZER HIT RIGHT KNEE

June 18, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING UP INT2 TRUCK AND FELT SOMETHING PULL

January 30, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON DUMP3LEVER.

January 20, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

PAIN ON RT SIDE3OF BACK WHILE DRIVING ROCK TRUCK OVER ROUGH ROADS

December 18, 1985 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HYDRAULIC LEAK 4AS INSPECTING OPENED DOOR HAND OUT OF DOOR LOADER DRIFTED PUT ON BRAKES DOOR SLAMMED ON LEFT HAND

December 3, 1985 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT FOOT ON 0OOT REST OF DOZER GRABBED DOOR TO KEEP FROM FALLING.

November 12, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNDER TRUCK GRE5SING TURNED TWISTED LOWER BACK.

November 1, 1985 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 50 LBS 6AG OF POWDER HURT NECK, LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.

October 14, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOOK FLEW OFF JACK AND HIT IN MOUTH LACERATION TO LIP BROKE TOP DENTURE

October 3, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

FELL OFF KOMATSU 455 DOZER

June 26, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

END LOADER OP LOADING TRUCK WITH ROCK. ONE HIT TRUCK JARRING TRUCK DRIVER AGAINST DOOR.

June 21, 1985 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLOSED DOOR OF DOZER ON LEFT HAND

June 11, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING AIR WRENCH AND SWIVLE SOCKET CAME APART HIT LEFT HAND.

June 7, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Perry & Hylton Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING ON BATTERY POST BLEW UP IN FACE AN DEYES

May 17, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

JUMPED FROM LADDER OF TRUCK TO GROUND HURT LEFT KNEE.

May 13, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING LADDER TO TRUCK STRAINED LOWER BACK

May 9, 1985 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON BELT OF CRUSHER TURNED TWISTED LEFT KNEE FRACTURING BONE

February 22, 1985 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

LOADER HAD STALLED PULLING WITH DOZER. I,NAME THOUGHT LOADER MIGHT TOPPLE OVER JUMPED TO GROUND. BRUISED RIGHT HEAL.

February 21, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Perry & Hylton Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING IMPACT WRENCH TO TAKE BOLTS OUT OF BELLY PAND ON 922C HAD ELBOW ON GROUND WHEN LAST BOLT TAKEN OUT BELLY PAN CAME DOWN CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN BELLY PAN AND GROUND BROKE BONE IN RT HAND

February 14, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck by falling object

HAD BUCKET OF 992-B OFF DOING REPAIRS.LEFT BOOM PINS IN TOP TILT LEAVERS.USING HAMMER POUNDING ON BOTTOM OF BUCKET BOOM PIN FELL OUT HITTING ON TOP OF HEAD.

February 4, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck by flying object

BREAKING FROZEN COAL LOOSE IN COAL BIN.PIECE FLEW IN LEFT EYE.

January 4, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING STARTER INTO ENGINE.

December 28, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING BOLT ON DOZER WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

November 27, 1984 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Perry & Hylton Inc · Flash burns (welding)

HELPING MECHANIC WELD ON CRUSHER DID NOT USE PROTECTIVE GLASSES FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

November 14, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

PRYING ROCK WITH BUCKET OF LOADER. BUCKET SLIPPED OFF ROCK THROWING OPERATOR INTO WINDSHIELD.

October 29, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING BOLT WITH WRENCH, SLIPPED MASHING LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND

October 1, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING LADDER TO TRUCK,FELL INJURING HEAD,ARM AND BACK.

August 23, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING LADDER TO TRUCK STRAINED UPPER LEFT SIDE OF BACK.

August 20, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACKED DOZER INTO HIGH WALL.

August 13, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

LIFTING ON LARGE ROCK WITH LOADER, BUCKET SLIPPED OFF

July 18, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

GETTING OFF TRUCK WHEN FEET SLIPPED FROM LADDER. HELD ON LADDER WITH LEFT ARM, DISLOCATING LEFT SHOULDER.

May 16, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME, AN EMPLOYEE OF BARKER\S JUNK CO.,INC.,WAS LOADING SCRAP ONTO A DUMP TRUCK OWNED BY BARKER\S JUNK. HE WAS HELPING RELEASE A CHAIN FROM A SCRAP DOZER TRACK THEY WERE LOADING IN THE TRUCK THE DOZER TRACK WAS HUNG ON THE EDGE OF THE BED OF THE TRUCK, AND WHEN I.NAME STARTED TO GET OFFTHE TRUCK, THE DOZER TRACK SLIPPED, UNFOLDED AND HIT I.NAME AGAINST THE TRUCK, BRUISING HIS RIG

April 20, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON TIPPLE USING SLATE BAR. BAR SLIPPED LETTING LEFT LEG HIT A PIECE OF SHARP METAL.

February 17, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FUELING DOZER SPLASHED ON FACE USED RAG TO WIPE FACE GOT PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE.

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