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March 17, 1986 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by flying object

DUST BLEW IN EM1LOYEE'S EYE DURING A STRONG WIND CUTTING THE CORNEA OF EYE.

December 30, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ELECTRICAL
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO START DRAGLINE BATTERY WAS DEAD HOOKED UP TO A DOZER TO START AND BATTERY EXPLODED.

December 30, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING TIRE ON #720 COAL TRUCK WHEN HE PUT TIRE ON WHEEL A PARTICLE OF RUST FLEW INTO EYE FROM WHEEL.

December 16, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TR5MMING LOADER AND RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY BOUNCING EMPLOYEE INTO STEERING WHEEL CAUSING BRUISES TO RIBS.

December 10, 1985 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Fall from machine

EE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO START AN AIR COMPRESSOR MANUALLY. THE AIR COMPRESSOR WAS MOUNTED ON A TRUCK WHEN HE PULLED THE CORD HE FELL OFF THE TRUCK BRUISING HIS RIBS.

December 3, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BU3LDING UP A PTO DRIVE,WHEN DRIVING ASHAFT INTO THE GEAR HOASING A METAL FRAGMENT BROKE OFF THE EDGE OF SHAFT AND STRUCK THE RIGHT CORNER OF LOWER LIP OF THE MOUTH.

December 2, 1985 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A BUMPER BLOCK OF 04 SHOVEL TRYING TO TURN BLOCK WITH A PIECE OF PIPE PIPE SLIPPED OFF BLOCK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEES FOREHEAD

November 22, 1985 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by flying object

EMPL CLEANING A3R SYSTEM ON TRUCK TAKING PLUG OUT OF AIR TANK.THE AIR TANK HAD SOME PRESSURE ON IT AND THE PLUG FLEW OUT FORCEFULLY AND HIT HAND.

November 21, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING DOOR OF COAL TRUCK. THEWINDOW WAS ROLLED HALFWAY DOWN WHEN DOOR SHUT WINDOW SHATTERED AND A PIECE OF GLASS ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.

November 20, 1985 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HO2KING A FRAYED WIRE ROPE FROM THE WINCH OF A D9H TO A 30 INCH STEEL PIPE WHEN HE RAN A STRAND OF WIRE THROUGH HIS LEFT THUMB.

November 14, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING COAL TRUCK THERE WAS A DEEP DIP ACROSS A SECTION OF HAUL ROAD WHEN EMPLOYEE DROVE INTO DIP HE WAS THROWN INTO DASHBOARD OF COAL TRUCK CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK AND STO MACH

October 28, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS AT SHOVEL.HE MOVED BARRELL OF GREASE CAUSING STRAIN TO BACK.

October 9, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL TURNING TRUCK TO BACK UNDER SHOVEL AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND IN STEERING WHEEL CAUSING BAD FRACTURE.

October 1, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS IN CAB OF LECTRA WHEN BATTERY CABLE SHORTED & BURNED WHEN EXTINGUISHED, CHEMICAL WAS INHALED BY EMPLOYEE CAUSING HARD BREATHING AND HEADACHE.

September 28, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A DRILL HE BROKE A BOLT LOOSE HIS ARM HIT A GOUGH PIN CUTTING LEFT FOREARM.

September 26, 1985 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING AIR GUN PRESSED THE TRIGGER & SOCKET CAME OFF STRIKING HIM IN T HE EYE.

September 20, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HIT ROAD IN HOLE WHILE TRAMMING EMPTY WATER WAGON CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN TO NECK & SHOULDER.

September 3, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND WHILE DISMOUNTING LECTRA HAUL

August 15, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPL DRIVING COAL TRUCK BACK TO PIT.HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED AND INJURY TO LOWER BACK.

July 27, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A DRILL CHAIN AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.

July 18, 1985 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTGTING TORCH ON A DOZER\S PUSHARM WHEN A BLOOD VESSEL BURST IN HIS RIGHT EYE DUE TO EXCESSIVE STRAIN.

June 24, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON BUSHING ON DRILL TRYING TO REMOVE IT WHEN HE HIT THE DRILL HEAD ABOVE HIM CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE HAMMER HITTING HIS KNEE.

June 20, 1985 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER AFTER DISASSSEMBLING FRONT SECTION OF HOOD WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF LIFT JACK & FELL ON CROSS MEMBER INJURYING HIS KNEE

June 10, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WALKING ACROSS COAL PIT AND STEPPED INTO HOLE WHERE COAL HAD BEEN REMOVED AND HAD FILLED WITH MUD AND DIRT.EMPL TWISTED KNEE WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO ROCK IN BOTTOM OF HOLE.

June 10, 1985 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Fall onto or against objects

EE STEPPED UP ONTO DOZER TO CHECK FOR OIL LEAK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED & EE FELL ONTO PUSH ARM. BRUISING RT SIDE OF RIB CAGE. EE LEFT JOB & WENT TO HOSPITAL.

June 7, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER. HE PLACED HIS HAND ON HOT MUFFLER FOR SUPPORT AND BURNED IT.

May 15, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING BACK TO SHOVEL. FRONT WHEEL OF LECTRA HAUL DROPPED INTO DITCH LINE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK.

May 6, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON FUEL HOSE & HURT HIS BACK DOING SO.

March 4, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LECTRA HAUL TRUCK. THE FRONT TIRES WERE DRIVEN INTO A DEEP RUT IN ROAD WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN OUT O F SEAT HITTING HIS HEAD ON THGE CEILING OF THE CAB AND THEN FORCING HIM BACKDOWN INTO THE SEAT VERY HARD THIS IS REOCCURENCE OF BACK INJURY.

February 28, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LOADED ROCK TRUCK TO DUMP DROADS WERE ROUGH AND ROCKY CAUSING LOAD TO SHIFT WHEN LOAD SHIFTED THE FRONT ENBD OF ROCK TRUCK RAISED OFF GROUND CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE JOLTED AND THROWN AROUND IN CAB INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT ACCIDENT OCCURRED UNDER WESTERN COALS OWNERSHIP EMPLOYEE STOPPED WORK ON 2-28-85

February 25, 1985 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNDERNEATH 992 LOADER REPLACING THE BELLY PAN WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED BELLY PAN IT CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN EXCESSIVELY EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING HIS MECHANIC AT T IME OF ACCIDENT.

January 10, 1985 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A T R ANSMISSION IN ORDER TO FIX A GREASE PUMP IN THAT AREA, WHEN HE LIFTED TRANSMISSION HE HURT HIS LEFT HAND WHILE DOING SO

January 2, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL FUELING UP TRUCK.WHEN EMPL DISMOUNTED TRUCK HE TWISTED HIS KNEE AS HE STEPPED ONTO MUDDY GROUND.

November 26, 1984 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING AT WELDING JOB TO BE PERFORMED ON DOZER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON GRILL OF DOZER THAT WAS ON HINGES CAUSING A SERIOUS CUT TO HEAD.

September 28, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Fall from ladders

EMPL SHUTTING OFF LECTRA HAUL.AS HE DISMOUNTED TRUCK,LOST FOOTING AND SLIPPED AS HE WAS STEPPING FROM LADDER TO GROUND.(THIS REPORT FILED DUE TO RECURRENCE OF INJURY.RECURRENCE 10-18-84)**?-NO OTHER INJURY REPORTED.?**.

September 28, 1984 KY · Coal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL SEATED IN DRIVERS SEAT OF COAL TRUCK.BACKED UP TO DUMP LOAD OF COAL WHILE TRYING TO ENGAGE PTO TO DUMP,EMPL PULLED PTO LEVER UP HARD CAUSING SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT TESTICLE.

September 21, 1984 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER A ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF LOADER BUCKET CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN OUT OF SEAT.

September 18, 1984 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING 04 SHOVEL AFTER TURNING ON WELDER. AS HE STEPPED OFF LADDER ONTO GROUNG A KNOT APPEARED IN LOWER STOMACH AREA DIAGANOSED AS A RUPTURE. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON 9/ /20/84. HOSPITALIZED ON 9/24/84 FOR THEDICSL THEATMEUT OF HERINA.

September 17, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CALLED TO #122 DOZER TO CHECK FOR LOOSE HYD TANK WHEN HE ARRIVED HE WALKED OVER TO DOZER AND PUT FINGER INTO BOLT HOLE ON BOTOM OF TANK WHEN DOZXER OPERATOR GOT OUT TO SHOW HIM THE T TANK WAS LOOSE HE SHOOK THE TANK WHILE EMP GOT STILL HAD HIS FINGER IN BOLT HOLE RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIS FINGER

September 15, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING TRACTOR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO TRACOTR.

September 11, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Energy Coal Income Partnership · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LUMP OF COAL FROM BETWEEN TWO TRUCK TIRES.WNHEN HE STRUCK THE COAL IT BROKE APART AND A PIECE OF THE COAL FLEW UP AND HIT HIS FINGER.

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