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February 18, 1992 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EXPOSURE TO SODIUM HYDROXIDE RESULTING IN 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT KNEE AND THIGH.

March 23, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Hawks Nest Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED HEARING IMPAIRMENT

February 28, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO POWDER HAULAGE TO GET A TAPE MEASURE,SLIPPED FROM TRUCK AND SPRAINED RIGHT FOOT.

February 10, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT

February 1, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Princess Susan Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGED NOISE CAUSED HEARING LOSS.

January 12, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Princess Susan Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKERS COMPENSATION AWARD OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS

December 14, 1988 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM #201 MICHIGAN LOADER FELL FROM TOP STEP TO THE GROUND

November 30, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY HURT HIS BACK WHILE BENDING OVER.

November 10, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

WHILE TRAVELING THE HAUL ROAD FROM THE HAWK'S NEST TSM MINE THE BRAKES MALFURCTIONED ON THE COAL HAULAGE VEHICLE, THE TRUCK TRAVELED ABOUT 1,000 FT, I,NAME JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK PRIOR TO THE T RUCK GOING INTO THE DITCH AND SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.

October 31, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL USING PRY BAR TO REMOVE ROCK FROM ROOF OF MINE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 19, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON CONTROL LINE WHILE CRAWLING NEAR MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR.BRIDGE OPERATOR TRAMMED BRIDGE FORWARD AND RAN ACROSS EMPL FOOT.

October 5, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

WHILE HOOKING A CABLE ON A AUGER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 3-4 FT.& STRAINED R.KNEE

September 15, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger OTHER
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

TWO EMPL WERE DIRECTING A BARGE TO AN AREA TO BE LOADE A GUST OF WIND CAUGH THE BARGE CAUSING THE ROPE TO BREAK ON EMPL SLIPPED AND HIT HIS L FOOT ON THELIP OF BARGE

September 9, 1988 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRAMMING BRIDGE AROUND CORNER EMPL WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BRIDGE & RIB INJURING RIGHT KNEE.

September 6, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING WITH A BAR, EMPLOYEE MASHED RIGHT THUMB.

August 26, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND BOLTER DRILL POT.

August 22, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP DRILL STEEL BECAME LODGED IN THE ROOF DRILL STEEL FELL FROM ROOF MASHING LFT RING FINGER

August 17, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON TRACK OF DOZER TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.

August 16, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM TOP OF WATER TRUCK AND LANDED ON AN AIR CLEANER OF THE TRUCK.

August 15, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING DUST BOX ON PINNER WHEN S. SHUTTLE CAR HOOKED MARK 22 MINER CABLE AND PULLED EMPLOYEE INTO PINNER TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

August 5, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING TIRE ON PRO R-50 EUCLID-INSTALLING NEW TIRE-TIRE APPARENTLY FAIL ON TO VICTIM WHICH CAUSED VICTIM TO FALL AGAINST CONTGROLS OF BOOM RESULTING IN BOOM KNUCKLING DOWN WHICH CAUSED DAMAG E TO UPPER BACK OF VICTIM.

August 3, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

ENGINE STALLED ON DOZER EMPLOYEE STATED THA THE BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD AND HE JUMPED FROM DOZER AND INJURED HIS KNEE

August 1, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR WAS OPENED ON ROCK TRUCK AND WHILE REACHING FOR SEAT BELT DOOR CLOSED ON FINGER.

July 26, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START A WATER PUMP, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL FOR NO APPARENT CAUSE AND CLAIMS HE SUFFERED A LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.

June 28, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRAMMING MOBILE BRIDGE TOWARD FACE AREA, VICTIM PINNED HIMSELF AGAINST RIB WITH BRIDGE CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO RIGHT LEG & R IGHT HIP.

June 20, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Peabody Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED HEARING IMPAIRMENT.

June 6, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL ALLEDGES HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE BENDING ROOF BOLT.

June 1, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BENDING ROOF BOLT FOR INSTALLATION VICTIM FOR NO EXPLICABLE REASON, TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING SPRAIN TO IT.

May 24, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL ALLEDES HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO ROOF WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHICH CAUSED CERVICAL STRAIN.

May 18, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A CHEST WALL CONTUSION BY BEING VIOLENTLY JOLTED ABOUT WHILE SITTING IN CAB WHEN LARGE ROCK ROLLED OFF HIGHWALL AND STRUCK REAR OF ROCK TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING.

May 9, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BACKING THE MOBILE BRIDGE HE WAS OPERATING THE EMPLOYEES RT KNEE GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE BRIDGES OIL TANK WHEN EH BRIDGE LOWERED AND CAUSED A CONTUSION TO HIS RT KNEE

April 19, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE BUMPED HIS RT KNEE AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTER HE WAS OPERATING HE DID NOT REPORT THIS ALLEDGED ACCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR

April 18, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Peabody Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

March 29, 1988 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE HELPING ON A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE A PIECE OF UNDETECTABLE LOOSE ROCK (ASLUG) INEXPLICABLY FELL FROM THE ROOF (BETWEEN BOLTS) STRIKING VICTIM ON BACK CAUSING A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF D- 8 VERTEBRA

March 17, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING SUBMERSIBLE WATER PUMP VICTIM SUFFERED AN ACUTE UPPER BACK STRAIN

March 16, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN WITH HIS ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT WINDOW TO CLEAN OFF MIRROR UNEXPLICABLY HE RECEIVED A MUSCLE STRAIN TO RT CHEST WALL AREA AND ALSO FRACTURED THE RT 10 TH RIB

March 10, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM STEPPED OUT OF COAL TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING ON TO A ROCK THAT TURNED OVER AND HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

February 25, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A SLATE BAR TO RAISE THE HEAD OF A HIGHWALL DRILL, THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE VICTIM'S RIGHT ELBOW JERKED BACK RAPIDLY CAUSING A SPRAIN.

February 19, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING UP A HILL THE VICTIM SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING A SEVERE CONTUSION AND SPRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER.

February 19, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN IT STRUCK A ROOF BOLT THAT HAD BEEN BOLTED UP EARLIER. THE BOLT DISLODGED CAME DOWN FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK EMP IN RT RIB CAGE CAUSING A CONTUSION

February 17, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO RAISE A ROCK TRUCK DRIVE LINE BACK IN ITS PLACE BY USING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND HE SPRAINED IT.

February 15, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK UP THE WHEELS OF A SCOOP VICTIM SLIPPED & FELL ABGAINST THE SCOOP CAUSING A CONTUSION T O LEFT SHOULDER & R IBS (LEFT)

February 9, 1988 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A 55 POUND OF AMMONIA NIT RATE VICTIM SUFFERED A GROIN PULL ON LEFT SIDE OF GROIN

February 4, 1988 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING UNDERGROUND TO SECTION HE CALIMED HE HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT ARM BUT THE WORKERS COMP FORM FILLED OUT BY THE PHYSICIAN NOTED A CONTUS ION TO LEFT POSTERIOR RIB CAGE AND LEFT FLANK

February 3, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE VICTIM WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE THE DRILL STEEL AFTER FIRST HANGING UP IN THE HOLE DROPPED OUT AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION

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