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August 31, 1993 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mack Energy Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMVOING AIR FILTER FROM PAN (SCRAPER) AND AIR FILTER WAS DROPPED. IT SMASHED RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

February 23, 1993 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mack Energy Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM DOZER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED. PLATFORM WAS WET AND HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL FROM DOZER TO GROUND.

January 13, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mack Energy Company · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS CHECKING IN CAT D9 DOZER STEPPED OFF PUSHARM AND HURT HIS ANKLE.TOOK INJURED TO HOSPITAL FOR XRAY.NURSE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD TWISTED IT.THE NEXT DAY A DOCTOR CHECKED X-RAY AN D FOUND A CHIP OFF HIS ANKLE.

January 25, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mack Energy Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS INSTALLING BOTTOM ROLLER ON TRACK FRAME. STRUCK ROLLER WITH HAMMER TO KNOCK IT IN PLACE. A CHIP OF STEEL FLEW OFF ROLLER AND HIT HIM IN LEG. EE WENT TO HOSPITAL FOR EXRAY, THEY FOUND SM ALL PIECE OF STEEL IN HIS LEG.

October 29, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Mack Energy Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

AIR STARTER WOULD NOT TURN ENGINE.IT WAS FROZEN WITH ICE MECH MELTED ICE WITH TORCH SHUT TORCH OFF,STOOD BACK 3 TO 4 FEET ANOTHER MECH PUSHED STARTER BUTTON WHEN OIL IN AIR SYSTEM HIT HOT STAR TER.IT BLEW A BURST(QUICK FLASH) OF FLAME OUT EXHAUST ON STARTER.PART OF FLASH HIT FLAME AND TURNED TOWARD INJURED.TOOK INJURED TO HOSPITAL DR SAID HE HAD 1ST DEGREE BURNS ON FACE.

August 17, 1989 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler FIRE
Mack Energy Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

OPERATOR GOT OUT OF BACK HOE TO CHECK HIS FUEL LEVEL HE DID NOT HAVE A FLASHLIGHT SO HE USED HIS LIGHTER FUMES FROM THE FUEL TANK IGNITED FLASHED CAUSING BURNS TO HIS FACE AND SHOULDER

July 15, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mack Energy Company · Struck by falling object

LOADING ROCK TRUCK WHEN SOME ROCK FELL FORM HIGHWALL SM ROCK WENT THROUGH WINDOW OF LOADER HITTING EMP ON KNEE AND PC SCRAPE HE LEFT EYE

April 26, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mack Energy Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL WAS TRING TO PRIME 3" WATER PUMP BY LIFTING THE DISCHARGE HOSE TO GET WATER TO RUN BACK INTO THE PUMP WHILE IT WAS RUNNING BECAUSE THE PUMP WAS NOT DISCHARGING PROPERLY THE WATER IN THE P UMP HAD BECOME VERY HOT THE DISCHARGE HOSE CAME OFF THE PUMP SPRAYING THE EMPL WITH HOT WATER

March 30, 1989 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Mack Energy Company · Struck against a moving object

THE GOVERNOR ROD CAME OFF EMPLS PERSONALLY OWNED WELDER EMPL TRIED TO REATTACH THE ROD WITHOUT TURNING THE WELDER OFF HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE ROD AND WENT INTO THE WELDER FAN HE LACERATED SEV ERALK FINGERS THREE ON HIS L HAND

March 28, 1989 WV · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mack Energy Company · Fall from machine

INJURY OCCURRED WHEN OPERATOR WAS LEAVING LOADER. HE STEPPED ONTO LOADER TIRE, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BETWEEN THE LOADER TIRE AND THE COUNTER WEIGHT.

February 23, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FIRE
Mack Energy Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CAUSE UNKNOWNN STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION EXACT REASON OF DEATH NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME STILL UDER INVESTIGATION LOADER HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FIRE.

December 8, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mack Energy Company · Fall from machine

THIS ROCK TRUCK3WAS TRAVELING FROM LOADING AREA TO DUMP STIE WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED TO BACK OF TRUCK CAUSING IT TO RAISE UP BACKWARD AND THE DRIVER COULD NOT HOLD IT SO HE JUMPED OUT AND HE HU RT HIS LEG 3

October 30, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mack Energy Company · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING TRRANSMISSION IN ROCK TRUCK AND LIFTING CHAIN BROKE ALLOWING TRANSMISSION TO SWING INTO I NAME

August 19, 1985 OH · Coal FIRE
Mack Energy Company · Accident type, without injuries

AFTER INVESTATION BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NO APPARENT CAUSE WAS DETERMINED.

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