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August 17, 1989 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING 50 TON WABCO ROCK TRUCK & DUMPING TOPSOIL ON RECLAIMED HILLTOP WHEN ABACKING UP TO DUMP HE GOT TOO FAR DOWN OVER H ILLSIDE WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE THE FRONT WHEELS RAISE D OFF THE GROUND & THE TRUCK CONTINUED DOWN THE HILL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 250FT SLOPE THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ROLLED ONCE & CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION

July 6, 1989 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL REMOVING HYDRAULIC PUMP FROM DOZER.AS HE LIFTED PUMP FROM DOZER,RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND CAUGHT ON HOSE CLAMP CAUSING SMALL CUT REQ 6 STITCHES.

May 22, 1989 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING HOSE WITH KNIFE IT SLIPPED AND STUCK EMP IN R KNEE AREA CUTTING SKIN REQ STITCHES.

March 1, 1989 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PICKING BONEY FROM PINCHIN AS HE REACHED OVER TABLE TO PICK UP A LAERGE ROCK HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

March 1, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG FOREMANS PICK-UP TRUCK. AS FOREMAN BEGAN BACKING UP HE TURNED HIS WHEELS TO AVOID ANOTHER PICK UP TRUCK TO HIS RIGHT. IN DOING SO, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE STRUCK THE EM PLOYEES RIGHT FOOT FROM BEHIND.

February 8, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL HAD ARRIVED FOR WORK WHEN HE WAS PUSHED AGAINST HIS CAR BY ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL CAUISING BACK INJURY THIS INCIDNET IS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED ACCORDING TO VICTIM HJOWEVER IS DIPUTED BY WIT NESS SEE #11

November 18, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS WORKING ON ENGINE OF CAT D7G DOZER WHILE STANDING ON TRACKS HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE R SIDE OF CHEST ON TRACKS CAUSING 1 BROKEN RIB

July 2, 1988 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS CLEARING TREES AND BRUSH WITH BULLDOZER TO BUILD PONDS. A TREE LIMB SNAPPED BACK FRO M BLADE AND FELL THROUGH THE DOOR, STRIKING VICTIM IN HEAD, CAUSING CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE THAT RE QUIRED SIX (6) STITCHES.

May 3, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC IN ATTEMPTING TO PRESS THE SHAFT OUT OF THE TRAVEL SPROCKET OF LIMA 2400 DRAGLINE. A 20 TON HYDRAULIC JACK WAS USED TO FORCE HOUSING UPWARD AS SHAFT WAS FORCED DO WNWARD WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. AS FORCE INCREASED, THE HYDRAULIC JACK BROKE AND SLIPPED FROM POSITUJIN. VICTIM WAS WATCHING IN SQUATTING POSITION AND WAS STRUCK BY JACK FIRST ON LEFT KNEE AND THE

March 15, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS USING A HAMMER AND PUNCH TO PUT BEARING S ON THE SHAFT OF A CAT D-9 DOZER. AS HE STRUCK THE PUNCH A PC. OF METAL FLEW FROM HEAD OF PUNCH INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE SILVER OF METAL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED.

March 2, 1988 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE JOB SITE AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT AS HE WAS DESCENDING A SLIGHT RAMP TO HIS VEHICLE HE SLIPPED ON SOME SNOW & FELL PULLING MUSCLES IN H IS UPPER BACK & NECK

January 12, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS ATTE4PTING TO DISLODGE A LUMP THAT HAD JAMMED THE CRUSHER. VICTIM HAD MISTAKENLY TURNED OFF THE CONVEYOR INSTEAD OF THE CRUSHER. AS THE PRYBAR BROKE THRU THE COAL THAT HAD JAMMED, T HE END OF THE B5R CONTACTED THE MOVING CRUSHER, CAUSING THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BAR TO BE JERKED FROM THE VICTIMS HANDS, AND STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD & SHOULDERS.

March 31, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS SERV3CING FORD PICK UP TRUCK. IN ATTMPTING TO CHANGE AIR FILTER, VICTIM STEPPED ON FRONT BUMPER AND RAISED LEFT LEGTO REST KNEE ON ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AS HE RAISED LEG, LEFT KNEE ST RUCK HOOD LATCH2 CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND.

March 25, 1987 PA · Coal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

STANDING ON TAB5E OF CP DRILL USING WRENCH TO ADJUST LIFTING JACKS.TABLE SLIGHTLY OILY AND WET DUE TO LIGHT RAIN FALL.SLIPPED & FELL 3-4' LANDED ON GROUND TWISTING ANKLE.

March 25, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING INTO C5B OF DOZER,WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT,STRIKING RIGHT HAND.

March 23, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS SITT3NG IN 50 TON WACCBO ROCK TRUCK AS IT WAS BEING LOADED.AS TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED A LARGE PIECE OF FROZEN DIRT FELL FROM LOADER BUCKET INTO TRUCK BED.AS TRUCK WAS JARRED TO RIGH T VICTIM STRUCK3LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST DOOR.

February 11, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE AND HI8 FOREMAN WERE LIFTING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL ONTO BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK. THE DRUM WAS APPROX. HALF FULL OF OIL. WHILE LIFTING, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE RESULT ING IN A HERNIA1

October 9, 1986 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PE9FORMING MAINTENANCE ON MARION 184 DRAGLINE AS HE ATTEMPTED TI DUSMOUNT MACHINE USING LADDER PROVIDED HIS FOOT LANDED ON LOOSE ROCKS ON THE GROUND WHICH MOVED CUAINSG EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS 5EFT KNEE

July 21, 1986 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DR5INING TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM CAT D10 DOZER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT MACHINE FROM BEHIND OPERATORS CAB EMPLOYES FOOR SLIPPED FROM FOOTSTEP CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE AND F ALL TO GROUND H9 LANDED ON HIS RT SIDE STRIKING SHOULDER ON TRACK OF DOZER WHICH WAS LAID OUT ON GROUND

June 20, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS IN PROC9SS OF TREATING WATER BY SHOVELING HYDRATED LIME INTO A MIXING TANK. AS HE WAS TURNING TO DUMP SHOVEL LOAD INTO TANK, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET LIME AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE

May 15, 1986 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING THE CUTTING EDGE FROM THE BUCKET OF THE HOUGH 400 LOADER. LEFT SIDE HAD BEEN REMOVED WITH NO INCIDENT RIGHT HALF WAS BEING CUT WITH 2 FEET TO GO WHEN IT SUDDENLY SNAPPED O FF AND FELL STR3KING VICTIM ONT HE RIGHT FOOT, JUST ABOVE STEEL TOE OF SHOE.

March 3, 1986 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE HAD RE4OVED RADIATOR FROM LIMA 2400 DRAGLINE HE PUT A PIECE OF PIPE IN BOTTOM OF RADIATOR IN ORDER TO DRAIN WATER. WHILE WORKING IN THIS AREA. HE TRIPPED OVE PIPE.

January 10, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO TAKE WATER SAMPLE FROM DISCHARGER TREATMENT POND HE SLIPPEDON THE ICE & FELL ON HIS BACK RIGHT SIDE

January 8, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MECHANIC WAS AT7EMPTING TO REMOVE BELLY PAN FROM D-9 DOZER. THE BELLY PAN WAS SECURED IN PLACE BY CHAIN & BOOM TRUCK. HOWEVER WHEN LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THE BELLY PAN SHIFTED SLIGHTLY PINCHI NG MECHANICS TH6MB-LEFT- BETWEEN BELLY PAN & UNDERCARRIAGE.

July 11, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SPRING ON WATER TRUCK WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION LANDING ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER

March 20, 1984 PA · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT FRONT TIRE OF CP 650 DRILL WITH HIS BACK TO MACHINE HE LIFTED WHEEL BEHIND HIS BACK WHEN WHEEL SET ON SPOKES HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN SPOKE AND THE WHEE H RIM

February 22, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CARRYING MATERIAL FOR LOADING BLAST HOLES & SLIPPED ON MUD OR ICE TWISTING THE LEFT ANKLE.

January 18, 1984 PA · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BIN AT THE TIPPLE SITE; DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 3 FT WHICH RESULTED IN HIS INJURY.

December 14, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE NOTICED ROCKS ON PORTABLE CRUSHER BELT & STOPPED MACHINE WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE ROCKS EE TWISTED HIS BACK WHICH RESULTED AS ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN.

December 5, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TRACKS OF DOZER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH MUD THROUGH THE TRACKS WITH SHOVEL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK

October 11, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SODA ASH ON TRUCK HE GOT A PAIN IN GROIN AREA LEFT SIDE

July 29, 1983 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE BROKEN DRILL STEEL FROM DRILL, HAD A GIB PIPE WRENCH ON DRILL STEEL TO HOLD IT WHILE SOMEONE ELSE TURNED THE TOP OF. WHEN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS APPLIEDC TO SPIN THE TOP OFF, THE WRENCH KICKED OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH.

July 20, 1983 PA · Coal drill helper ELECTRICAL
Avery Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO DRILL AND PLACED HAND ON OPERATORS CAB LIGHTNING STRUCK DRILL MAST WENT DOWN DRILL AND STRUCK HIM HE WAS THROWN ABOUT 4? FEET INTO THE AIR AND STARTED TO RUN THEN CRAWL ED TO HIS CAR HE WAS TAKEN TO REMOVO HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION

March 2, 1983 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

ASSTING MECHANIC IN MAKING REPAIRS TO STEERING COLUMN ON END DUMP.EMPL WAS DESCENDING LADDER WHE N HAND SLIPPED OFF RAIL.DUE TO GREASE ON GLOVES,RESULTED IN FALL TO THE GROUND.

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