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June 9, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS HAULING 7OAL AND HIT A BUMP HIS SEAT BOTTOMED OUT AND JAMMED HIS BACK HE WEIGHS 320 LBS HURT THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK FROM THE CENTER TO OVER THE HIP

May 5, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

HE WAS GETTING 2N LECTRA HAND AND GOT ON THE 3RD ON 4TH STEP AND FELL. HE HURT HIS BACK A ABLUANCE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPTIAL AND THEY RELEASE HIM AND HE WALKED OUT H E HAD THIS TYPE INJURY NUMB ER TIMES. 3

April 15, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

HE WAS GETTING 2FF HIS LOADER AND THE BOTTOM STEP BROKE HE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS LEG TAIL BONE BACK AND HEAD ON THE GROUND THE STEP BROKE WITH HIM ON IT HE SAID THE STEP WAS GOOD AT THE START OF THE S2IFT IT MUST HAVE HIT A ROCK OR SOMETHING

March 27, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

HE WAS GETTING 2FF A LECTRA &3 FELL OFF THE LADDER. HE SAID THERE WAS GREASE ON THE HANDRAIL BUT COULDN'T FIND ANY. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE , ARM, & BACK. THIS WAS HIS LAST SHIFT BEFORE A LAY OFF. 3

March 27, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

HE WAS GETTING 2FF HIS TRUCK & MISSED THE LAST STEP ON THE LADDER & HIS KNEE HIT THE GROUND. THIS WAS THE LAST SHIFT HE WAS GOING TO WORK BEFORE BEING LAID OFF.

March 25, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS RUNNING 5 DOZER AND HIS ARM SLOOK THE ARM WRIST.HE HAS HAD SHOULDER PROBLEMS BEFORE.HE SAID HE SAID HIS SHOULDER WRIST IS NUMS.

February 22, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Victory Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

PUSHING IN SHOT3TO LOADER, ROCK SLIPPED FROM UNDER CAUSING DOZER TO SLIDE OVER FACE OF SHOT. OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD ON ROLL CAB CAUSING BAD HEAD CUT

October 24, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING AN LECTRA HAUL AND HAULING ROCK HE WAS GOING DOWN A RAMP INTO THE PIT HE PUT HIS RETAIN ON AND WA SLOWING DOWN HE SAID HE HIT A SMALL BUMP AND PAIN SHOT ALL OVER HIS BACK HE HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE

October 11, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PUSHING IN A SHOT.A ROCK ROLLED OUT BEHIND HIM AND HE BACKED OVER IT.THE SUDDEN JERK HURT HIS BACK.

September 25, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MEASING SEGANT BOLTS AND THE MECH HIT THE SEGEMENT AND PIECE BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT CALF MUSCLE. HE WAS ABOUT 15 FT FROM THE MUCH IT CUT HIS LEG.

August 21, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE SAID THE AIR SEAT LOST ITS CHARGE & JARRED HIS BACK. COULD FIND NO DEFECT IN THE SEAT & ITS RUN 6 SHIFTS SINCE THE ACCIDENT & HASN\T HAPPENED AGAIN.

August 8, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK AND HIT A ROCK WITH FRONT WHEEL.IT JARRED HIM IN THE TRUCK AND CAUSED HIM TO HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

May 31, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS WORKING ON A PULL TRUCK & GOT ON HIS HANS & KNEES TO CRAW UNDER IT HE PUT HIS LEFT KNEE ON A ROCK AND BRUISED IT

February 20, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS PUSHING WITH A DOZER AND BACKED UP OVER A ROCK.THE ROCK DROPPED SUDDLEY AND JERK HIM AROUND IN THE CAB.HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

January 12, 1985 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ROLLING THE STEEL ROCK & MASHED HIS FINGER. IT INJURED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BELOW THE J%'*%* FIRST JOINT. THE JACK BROKE LOOSE & ROLLED THE LAZY SUZY AROUND & HE TRIED TO ROLL IT BY H AND. HE WAS DRILLINF HIS LAST HOLE & WANTED TO GET THRU.

October 25, 1984 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS CLIMBING ON THE LOADER FROM THE REAR & SLIPPED ON THE TIRES & FELL BETWSEEN TIRE & BATTERY BOX IT WAS MUDDY & HIS FEET SLIPPED HE MAY HAVE RUPTURED HIS ABODMINE SECTION OF HIS STOMACH THIS WAS HIS LAST SHIFT BEFORE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LAID OFF

October 8, 1984 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

HE SLIPPED FROM TO SECOND STEP OFF THE LOADER AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT LEG. HE HURT HIS LEFT HIP THE DR AT THE HOSITAL SAID HE PULLED A LIGAMENT AND CHIPPED A BONE BUT THEY COULD NO T READ THE XRAY HE GOES BACK TO DO DR THE NEXT DAY AND NOW CANT GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM.

September 28, 1984 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON CATWALK OF LOADER AT REAR OF CAB.CATWALK WASNT BENT OR ANY OIL PRESENT.NO ONE SAW ACDIDENT.SAID BACK WAS HURT TOOK HIM BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL AND THEY EXAMINED HIM AND RELEASED HI

April 13, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS MOVING A LIGHT PLANT & SAID THAT HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT. AFTER HE TOOK OFGF THE BUMPER OF HIS TRUCK HE DIDN\T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT. LATER ON IT BOTHERED HIM. THE DOCTOR SAID A PUL PULLED MUSCLE OR NERVE IN HIS BACK.

March 15, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

HE WAS DRIVING A COAL TRUCK AND THE BRAKES FAILED. HE JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND BRUISED HIS KNEE - ELBO - AND RIBS. HE WAS THE LAST SHIFT BEFORE A LAY OFF

February 14, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE PULLED OUT OF THE STOCKPILE HE TURNED TO THE LEFT AND THE TRUCK GOT AWAY FROM HIM AND HE RAN INTO A DITCH HE SAID MUD ON THE ROAD PULLED HIM IN HE BRUSIED HIS LEFT SIDE

February 3, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

HE WAS CLEANING COAL HE SAID HE HAD TO GO TO THE RESTROOM AND WAS STANDING ON TOP THE LOADER RELIEVING HIMSELF. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. HE HURT HIS BACK. THEIR WERE NO WITNESSESS TO THE ACCIDENT. IT WAS HIS LAST SHIFT BEFORE BEING LAID OFF

January 31, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DOZER UP AND TURNED IN THE SEAT AND PUT HIS ARM ON THE SEAT BACK. HE BACKED OVER RIGHT SIDE THAT GOES INTO THE SHOULDER.

November 7, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

HE WAS DRIVING A COAL TRUCK AND STALLED THE MOTOR. HE SAID HE COULDNT STEER IT AND JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK, HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BUT DIDNT BREAK ANYTHING OR SPRING ANYTHING. THEY KEPT HIM IN THE HOSPITA OVER NIGHT FOR OBSERVATION HE IS OFF WORK BECAUSE HE IS SORE. HE EXPECTS TO RETURN TO WORK THURSDAY OR MONDAY

October 28, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE HAD SHUTTING THE TAIL GATE ON HIS COAL TRUCK AND WAS PUSHING IT WITH HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HISFINGER BETWEEN THE TAIL GATE AND THE BED. HE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER AND CUT IT. NO BROKEN BONE BUT HE DID CUT IT AND IT TOOK 5 STITCHES TO SEW IT UP.

September 9, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

JEEP RAN OUT OF GAS AND TRIED TO START IT BY POIURING GAS IN CARBURATOR.IT BACKFIRED AND THREW GAS ON HIM.IT BURNT HIS ARM AND SIDE-1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

September 7, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AT THE STOCKPILE & SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL & TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE WAS WALKING AROUND THE TRUCK.

August 4, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE SEAT SHOCK BROKE HE BOUNCED UP AND HIT THE ROOF OF THE CAB INJURING HIS NECK

June 13, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS LOADING AND A ROCK FELL OFF THE LOADER BUCKET AND HIT THE TRUCK IT CAUSED HIM TO INJURE HIS NECK

May 9, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING IN COAL TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED.HAND WAS ON GRAB RAIL AND CAUGHT FULL WEIGHT ON ARM.PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE LAY-OFF,NO WITNESSES.

April 20, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS LOADING COAL AND A DOZER ON TOP OF THE COAL SHINED HIS LIGHT IN HIS EYES AND BLINDED HIM. HE BACKED INTO THE HIGHWALL AND JARRED HIS BACK AND NECK.

February 3, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO SHOT THE TAIL GATE ON A COAL TRUCK. HE PULLED THE GATE BACK WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND BOUNCE HIS SELF WITH THE LEFT HAND. HE LET THE TAIL GATE GO BUT DIDNT MOVE HIS LEFT HAND. I T FRACTURED THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER AND TOOK 5 STITCHES .

January 26, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Rebel Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF ROCK AND BACKED OVER A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK

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