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April 23, 1991 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · MACHINERY
Steele Branch Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FROM INITIAL INFORMATION EE JUMPED FROM GRADER AND WAS RUN OVER BY FRONT WHEEL RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY.

April 2, 1991 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Steele Branch Mining · Fall from machine

TRUCK DRIVER BACKED TRUCK OVER BACK-STACK. TRUCK ROLLED ONE TIME. DRIVER WAS THROWN THROUGH WINDSHIELD AREA. DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT.

October 1, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Steele Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

TRACTOR TRAILER STRUCK 1 LOADED TRACTOR TRAILER ON MINE HAUL ROAD VISABILITY WAS RESTRICTED DUE TO DUST CONDITIONS AND EXCESSIVE SPEED FOR CONDITIONS.

October 18, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Logan County Airport Contractors · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE PUTTING BATTERIES IN ROCK TRUCK

September 8, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK, HIT HOLE AND JOLTED BACK.

August 17, 1989 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck by flying object

APPARENT FAULT OR WEAK AREA IN HIGHWALL, ALLOWING HOLE TO BLOW OUT. INJURED EMPLOYEE HAS FRACTURED LEFT TIBIA, FIBULA, PATELLA AND FEMUR. THE RIGHT KNEE HAD FOREIGN BODY IN IT. INJURIES WERE C AUSED BY FLYING ROCK FROM THE SHOT.

April 6, 1989 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED TRUCK INTO HIGHWALL AT VERY LOW SPEED IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT I NAME COULD HAVE SUFFERED INJURY FROM SLIGHT IMPACT INVOLVED

July 22, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNING THE GRADER, THE BLADE HIT A ROCK AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FORWARD AT WHICH TIME, HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR.

July 11, 1988 PA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Geupel Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DOWN A TREE, IT STARTED TO FALL TOWARD EMPLOYEE. AS HE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY SEVERAL OF THE BRABNCHES HIT EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE FOREHEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO TH HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECIEVED APPROXIMATELY 7 STITCHES ACROSS THE FOREHEAD.

June 29, 1988 PA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Geupel Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A CAT 825 ROLLER ON A FILL AREA RAN OVER A ROCK THEN COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN

April 27, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE LYING ON GROUND ON HIS BACK DOING REPAIR WORK ON A ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE AIR BRAKE CHAMGER SPRUNG APART STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE FOREHEAD JUST ABOVE THE LEFT EYE CAUSING LACERATION

April 12, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Freeman Branch Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ENTERING A ROCK TRUCK A GUST OF WIND SLAMMED THE DOOR PINCHED RT AHDN

December 16, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING R2CK TRUCK, DOZER HIT SIDE OF TRUCK CAUSING DRIVER TO BE SHAKEN UP.

October 30, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

HIT ROCK AND HU9T BACK.WHILE RUNNING DOZER,HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND IT THREW HIM INTO ARMREST.

October 16, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman Branch Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING MATERIAL BACK INTO EXPLOSIVE HOLES.

January 14, 1987 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeman Branch Mining · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOOKING O5ER EDGE OF DRILL BENCH, EDGE BROKE LOOSE CAUSING FALL INTO CRACK.

August 13, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

HIT A HOLE WHIL9 DRIVING COAL TRUCK

May 16, 1986 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeman Branch Mining · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS ST5RTING TO CLIMB OFF 992 C LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

May 13, 1986 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against stationary object

WHILE FUELING E3LOADER, FUEL HOSE GOT TANGLED CAUSING FUELER TO HIT RIGHT ARM ON LADDER OF LOADER.

October 15, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING COAL TRUCK DOWN ELKLICK HAULROAD DRIVER HIT A CHUCK-HOLE AND BUMPED HEAD ON TOP OF CAB.

September 9, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING TEREX TRUCK AND WHEN DUMPING LOAD THE BED OF THE TRUCK JERKED POSSIBLITY OF THIS BEING A REOCCURANCE OF AN OLD INJURY.

January 8, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

ROCK SLID OFF HIGHWALL & CAUGHT THE BACK OF ROCK TRUCK CAUSING TRUCK TO BE SHOOK AROUND INJURING DRIVER. TRUCK WAS PARKED TOO CLOSE TO HIGHWALL.

November 7, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING ROCK TRUCK ON ROUGH ROAD WAS SHAKEN AROUND, HURTING BACK.

November 1, 1984 WV · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

A ROCK DROPPED FROM LOADER BUCKET ONTO BED OF TRUCK CAUSING IT TO SHAKE &DRIVER WAS JOLTED AROUND IN CAB LOADER OPERATOR DID NOT SEE LARGE ROCK IN MATERIAL THAT HE WAS LOADING

October 29, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman Branch Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYE WAS CLOSING DOOR OF ROCK TRUCK AND SPRAINED NECK

September 6, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING LOAD OUT FO ROCK TRUCK LARGE ROCK STUCK IN BED WHEN IT FINALLY COME LOOSE IT JARRED THE TRUCK SHAKING THE DRIVER.

September 5, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck by falling object

WHILE MOVING FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN CAB OF ROCK TRUCK DROPPED EXTINGUISHER ON FOOT.

August 29, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING A DOZER A ROCK GOT WEDGED BETWEEN THE TRACTOR & THE BLADE THE EE WAS TRYING TO GET THE ROCK OUT WHEN IT SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS FOOT.

August 23, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER, DOZER PUSHING LIFTING A ROCK WITH THE BLADE WHEN ROCK SLIPPED CAUSING THE DOZER TO ROCK.

August 17, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

CLAIMANT WAS OPERATING THE 773 CATERPILLAR TRUCK, TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FILL AREA. THE JERKING MOTION OF THE ROCK TRUCK, CASED THEEMPLOYEE\S NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCLE TO BECOME ST RAINED.

August 6, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

CLAIMANT WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF THE COAL WITH THE 988B WHEEL ENDLOADER WHEN HE HIT SOLID ROCK WHICH DID NOT GIVE THEREFORE THE LOADER STOPPED AND JERKED THE OPERATOR AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL

August 4, 1984 WV · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Logan County Airport Contractors · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT AND MECHANIC WERE HOISTING A 773 CATERPILLAR TRUCK TIRE ONTO THE TIRE TRUCK CLAIMANT WAS WATCHING THE TIRE AND WALKING BACKWARDS AT THE SAME TIME WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A CUT IN HALF WH EEL RIM CONSEQUENTLY CLAIMANT FELL INTO A SITTING POSITION INJURING HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP

July 24, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeman Branch Mining · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STARING EQUIPMENT, WHILE CLIMBING UP LADDER ON 992C AND FELL OFF.

July 16, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

WHILE IN ROCK TRUCK BEING LOADED, LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED LARGE ROCK INTO THE REAR OF TRUCK CAUSING DRIVER TO BE SHAKEN UP INJURING HIS BACK.

July 5, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS TRYING TO LOAD A ROCK & THE LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK CAUSING THE LOADER TO BOUNCE & JERKING THE OPERATOR IN THE CAB.

May 21, 1984 WV · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Logan County Airport Contractors · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING A LOADED RAILROAD CAR, AND WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE RAILROAD CAR, HE STEPPED WRONG, THUS PULLING A MUSCLE IN THE GROIN AREA

October 19, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Freeman Branch Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS OPERATING D8K BULLDOZER WHILE DOING SLOPE & BENCH WORK IN A VALLEY FILL AREA, THE AREA WAS APPAROXIMATELY A 2:1 RATIO. BEGINNINGT ON EITHER THE FACE OF THE SLOPE OR THE BENCH AR EA ITSELF, THE DOZER BEGAN TO TRAVEL IN A REVERSE MOTION CONTINUING OVER THE EDGE OF THE BENCH AND DOWN THE SLOPE FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 400 FT. TO THE VALLEY FLOOR. AS THE DOZER WE

October 7, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Freeman Branch Mining · Struck against a moving object

TIRE BLOW-OUT ON FRONT LEFT TIRE CAUSING DRIVER TO SWERVE TO LEFT INTO DITCH WHEN TRUCK HIT DITCH THE RIGHT FUEL TANK RUPTURED CAUSING FUEL TO ESCAPE ONTO THE MUFFLER WHICH CAUSED IT TO IGNITE

July 12, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MACHANIC WAS INSTALLING THE RT FRONT WHEEL ON THE 773 CAT TRUCK WHEN THE BOOM FROM THE TIRE TRUCK KICKED OVER AND PINNED THE RT LITTLE FINGER AGAINST THE NUT OF THE WHEEL

May 13, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS WELDING ON THE BLADE OF THE 455 KOMATUS WHEN SHAVING FROM THE WELD FLEW IN BEHIND HIS WELDERS HELMET INTO HIS RT EYE

February 21, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck by flying object

EE WAS STARTING THE ENGINE ON THE 733 CAT TRUCK S/N:63G677WHEN DIRT & OTHER FOREIGN DEBRIS BLEW FROM THE FAN, LODGING A FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE LEFT EYE.

February 17, 1983 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING THE 733 CAT TRUCK, WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR TO THROW OUT A PIECE OF PAPER, THE DOOR CLOSED & SMASHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.

February 14, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Logan County Airport Contractors · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE ADVISED HE WAS FUELING THE 455 KOMATSU DOZER ON MONDAY, FEB. 14, 1983 AT APPROX. 3:00PM WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND SLID OFF THE DOZER HURTING HIS LEFT ELBWO AND KNOCKED ONE TOOT H LOOSE.

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