Lowlands Coal Corp · Fall from machine
TIGHTENING LUG NUTS ON LOADER SOCKET SLIPPED OFF AT NUT CAUSING EMPL'S WEIGHT TO SHIFT HE FELL & BROKE RIGHT LOWER LEG.
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July 26, 1991
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lowlands Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects
LIFTOMG I WJEM WRIST TWISTED FELL HITTING SHOULDER ON CAB OF MINER.
September 13, 1988
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I,NAME WAS USING A GRINDER TO REMOVE OLD WELD. GRINDER SLIPPED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND, CUTTING EMPLOYEE AND REQUIRING SEVEN STITCHES.
August 18, 1988
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lowlands Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects
HE WAS CLIMBING UP A JOHN DEERE LADDER AND SLIPPED ON THE SECOND STEP AND TRIPPED HITTING HIS KNEE AGAINST THE STEEL LADDER RIGHT KNEE SWELLED AND HURT DOCTOR DRAINED FLUID FROM KNEE AND IS STILL CHECKING FOR POSSIBLE LIGAMENT DAMAGE
Lowlands Coal Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
REMOVING HYD. HOSE FROM R.F. TRACK ON 109-E MINER. HOSE HAD HYD. PRESSURE ON IT HOSE SPRAYED HYD. OIL HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE AND EYES.
June 7, 1988
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by flying object
HE WAS GREASING A GREASE FITTING ON A PUSHBEAM AND THE GREASE FITTING BLEW OUT DUE TO PRESSURE BUILD UP AND SHOT GREASE INTO FACE AND EYES OF WORKER HAD TO HAVE EYES FLUSHED AND DR TO EXAMINE DROPS REQUIRED
March 29, 1988
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Lowlands Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREAS E CONVEYOR ON HWM 114 WHILE MINING. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN GRIPPER ASSY AND POWERHEAD AND WAS SMASHED IN HYDRAULIC CYLINDER. NO BROKEN BONES, CRUSHED INJU TO LEFT FOOT AND P UNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT FOOT REQUIRING STITCHES
November 3, 1987
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by flying object
HE WAS HAMMERIN1 A LOCK PIN WITH A PUNCH WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND STRUCK HIM IN THE STOMACH, LACERATION TO STOMACH-REQUIRED 1 STITCH
November 3, 1987
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF STEEL 0ELL ON RIGHT ARM AND PUNCTURED SKIN, HE WAS TURNING A BOLT AND A PIECE OF METAL FELL ON RIGHT ARM
September 17, 1984
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL DRAGGING STEEL CABLE AND CUT HER HAND ON BURR.
Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SWITCH WITH WRENCH ANOTHER EMO LOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT STRIKING HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE
August 3, 1983
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A LARGE SECTION OF ANGLE IRON SHIFTED ON THE LOADER FORKS TRIED TO RESTRAIN IT TWISTED LOWER BACK AND SPINE
July 14, 1983
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Struck by falling object
DONALD JUSTICE WAS STANDING 8 TO 10 FEET FROM THE MACHINE ROCKS WERE DUMPED OVER THE SPOIL PILE BY AN END DUMP MR JUSTICE WAS STRUCK BY ROCKS THAT WERE BUSTED WHEN THEY WERE DUMPED MR JUSTICE WAS STRUCK BY ROCK IN THE LEG ARM AND BACK
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE INSPECTING MINNING SET UP THE POWER HEAD STOPPED BUT THEN RESET FOREMAN HAND HAND ON FRAME WHERE ROLLERS MOVE TO RESET AS THE GRIPPERS WERE RESETING THEY CAUGHT HIS RT HAND AND BRUISED I T
February 11, 1983
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING 5 GAL BARRELS OOF HYD OIL FROM GROUND TO TOP OF BPM BILL STRAINE DHIMSELF
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