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June 11, 2014 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Reclamation and Construction LLC · Struck against a moving object

On 6/12/14 employee called in & said his back was hurting & couldn't work. He thought it was a pre existing injury of his sciatic nerve from 2008, he called back on 6/23/14 & said he wanted an accident report filled out due to jarring in a rock truck. He was off several days before reporting that he was injured at work.

July 28, 2010 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Reclamation & Construction · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing down off of EX1100 Excavator, feet slipped out from under person, held body with both arms on ladder handrails. Pulled arms, shoulders & chest. Hanging 8-10" above ground, eased body off onto ground.

October 8, 2009 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Mountain Reclamation & Construction LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Repetitive use of hammers, wrenches, air guns and daily mechanic duties,

April 28, 2009 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Service man was climbing off EX-1100 after putting oil in machine, lost his footing and fell approx 3' and landed on right side, hurting lower back.

April 1, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Reclamation & Construction LLC · Struck against a moving object

Loader operator was loading 777 Cat truck with big rock. After rock was placed on truck he tried to push rock out of bed causing bed on truck to go up dumping rock out, and then the bed fell back down. Front wheels came off ground when rock came out of bed.

January 12, 2007 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Ridge Coal Company, Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was driving a fence post in the ground. The ground was muddy due to the weather. Employee slipped and fell hitting knee on rocks.

November 2, 2006 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall from piled material

Employee was walking up mountain to go get a hose. The mountain was very muddy due to the weather. He slipped and fell in mud on knee and rolled about 10 foot down hill.

November 1, 2006 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
New Ridge Coal Company, Inc · Struck against a moving object

The operator was reclaiming on a slope in an excavator. The excavator started sliding, the right track was on a flat rock & it turned over landing on its right side. The operator was wearing a seat belt & was still in his seat when the first person arrived at the scene.

October 31, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee had pulled on winch cable earlier in day, he reached overhead with wrench while working on drill and pain hit in neck, down back and in shoulder.

December 5, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got out of his excavator to check his hyd. oil & when he got back into the cab he twisted his knee.

July 15, 2005 KY · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating drill and drilling holes in ground. The employee stepped out of drill onto the ground and twisted his knee when he began to walk.

January 1, 2004 WV · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS LOADING A DRILL ONTO LOWBOY. DRILL SLIPPED AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL ON DRILL AND LOWBOY.

November 11, 2003 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS OPENING HOOD TO TURN HEATER VALVES WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK & LEFT LEG. EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. EE SAID HE GOT HURT IN PREVIOUS JOB.

September 26, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TREES AND HE REFUSED TO CLEAR THE TWO PATHS AROUND THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING. WHEN HE CUT THE TREE IT LANDED ON THE OTHER TREE THAT HE WAS TOLD TO MOVE AND THAT CAUSED ANOTHER TR EE THAT HE DIDN'T MOVE TO HIT HIM. THIS KNOCKEDHIM ABOUT 5 FT. HE WAS ALERT WHEN WITNESS GOT TO HIM AND HE WAS COMPLAINING WITH HIS LEGS AND KNEES.

June 30, 2003 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE MADE KNOWN OVER THE TWO-WAY RADIO THAT HE WAS GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE CAB OF HIS ROCK TRUCK TO URINATE. HE WAS FOUND MOMENTS LATER SITTING ON THE GROUND COMPLAINING OF BREATHING PROB LEMS. DURING THE PATIENT ASSESSMENT HE SAID HE HD STUMBLED AND FELL OFF THE FRONT OF THE ROCK TRUCK.

June 25, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE A TIW ROD END & HE HAD CO-WORKER TO STEER FRONT WHEELS BACK & FORTH & SOMEHOW HE GOT HIS HEAD PINNED BETWEEN THE TIE ROD & THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL.

March 17, 2003 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

COAL TRUCK POPPED OUT OF GEAR, TRUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK.

March 1, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NO VALUE FOUND
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · No Value Found

DISMOUNTING DOZER AFTER SERVICING IT, HE TRIPPED ON TRACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS HIP.

February 6, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman NO VALUE FOUND
Continuous Mining Company Inc · No Value Found

EE REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK WHILE LIFTING A CONVEYOR BOOM JACK, FROM THE MINE FLOOR TO THE MANCAR APPORX.18" LIFT

January 27, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WENT TO TRIALER TO GET TIME CARDS AND SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE. HE FELL ON ICE AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN BACK.

January 24, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIRE IN TRUCK - PULLED BACK.

November 1, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

GET OUT OF LOADER TO CHECK OIL-FOOT SLIPPED ON OPERATOR FELL ABOUT 6' FROM TOP.

October 11, 2002 WV · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING ON BUMPER WITH MUDDY FEET, HE SLID OFF AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HEAD AND SHOULDERS FELL ON TRAILER HITCH - RIGHT SIDE OF RIBS.

August 19, 2002 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MECHANIC & OPERATOR OF THE DOZER WAS CHANGING A HOSE. WHEN THEY LOOSENED THE BOLTS, OIL SPRAYED INTO THE OPERATORS EYE.

August 15, 2002 WV · Coal drill helper POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RIDING IN THE PICKUP-IN THE BACK OF TRUCK UP THE HILL. TRUCK STARTED THROUGH CURVE IN ONE LANE, MEET A COAL TRUCK COMING DOWN IN THE CRUVE, DRIVER OF PICKUP SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND THREW EE FORWARD IN BED OF TRUCK.

August 14, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN END LOADER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

July 29, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

BURNT EYES WELDING.

July 27, 2002 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS LOADING HOLES. AS PRIMER WAS BEING PUT INTO HOLE BOOM ON LOADING TRUCK HAD BOLTS IN SWIVEL GIVE WAY & BREAK. BOOM FELL ON VICTIM WHO WAS LOADING HOLE.

July 10, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continuous Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE CHANGING OIL FILTER THE FILTER FELL & CUT THROUGH FINGERNAIL ON RIGHT RING FINGER.

June 21, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER OF COAL TRUCK BACKED UP ON BERM AND TURNED TRUCK OVER ON PASSENGER SIDE. DRIVER HAD A CUT OVER LEFT EYE AND SOME NECK PAIN. TOOK EMT TO SITE AND CALLED AMBULANCE.

June 4, 2002 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS LOOKING FOR A SERIAL NUMBER ON THE GENERATOR, INSIDE OF THE STEEL BUILDING, DIDN'T HAVE A LIGHT SO EE REMOVED HARD HAT AND BENT OVER WRITING THE NUMBER DOWN THEN I RAISED UP BEFORE PUTTING HARD HAT ON BACK ON MY MEAD AND HIT MY HEAD ON TOP OF THE DOOR FRAME.

April 17, 2002 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD AND EE WAS COMING OUT OF DOZER AND FELL FROM STEPS.

April 8, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TREES OVER HIGHWALL-LOST FOOTING AND FELL TO ROCKS BELOW.

March 28, 2002 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE THOUGHT BELT WAS BROKE. WENT TO CHECK BELT AND IT WAS OK. LET EXCAVATOR COOL AND UNSCREWED RADIATOR CAP. EE WAS BURNT WITH STEAM ON RIGHT HAND.

January 10, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Continuous Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CUT TREE AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE.

December 9, 2001 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Ridge Coal Company, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING TO SET A MOTOR ON A MOTOR BASE & GOT HIS RT. INDEX FINGER PINCHED IN BETWEEN THE MOTOR & BASE & CRUSHED THE END OF HIS FINGER.

December 6, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PUTTING DUST COLLECTOR HOSE ON DRILL AND REACHED FOR WRENCH, PULLED DUST INTO EYES.

October 23, 2001 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Ridge Coal Company, Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING DOWN FROM D9 DOZER (SERVICING MACHINE) WHEN HE FELL BACK OFF HITTING HIS BACK ON ROLLER FRAME AND THEN HITTING THE GROUND ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT. HE WORKED THE REST OF SHIFT BEYOND 0 400 UNTIL 0530. GOING FOLLOWING DAY TO DR. DID NOT REPORT TO WORK 10-24-01 ON 2ND SHIFT.

October 23, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
New Ridge Coal Company, Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING ROCKTRUCK ON SURFACE HAUL ROAD, SAYS HE DROVE THROUGH A DIP IN ROAD CAUSING PAIN TO HIS BACK.

October 12, 2001 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Ridge Coal Company, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN GETTING ON DOZER AS IT WASRAINING. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED, BUT THE RIGHT FOOT STAYED SOLID CAUSING ALL HIS WEIGHT TO SHIFT ONTO RIGHT LEG. HE SAYS IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING TORE. HE CAME TO WORK ON 10-13-01. WORKED THRU WK 10-21 AND 10-25 GOING TO DOCTOR ON 10-26 FOR EXAM AND THEN RETURNING TO WORK 10-29-01.

October 2, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Little Boyd Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE L160 LOADER HAD JUST FIXED THE BERM WHEN HAULPAK BACKED UP TO DUMP MATERIAL. THE MATERIALUNDER THE DUMP GAVE AWAY CAUSING THE ROCK TRUCK TO GO OVER BACKWARDS- OVERTURNING ONCE.

August 31, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Ridge Coal Company, Inc · Fall onto or against objects

STANDING ON LADDER WORKING ON LECTRA HAUL ROCKTRUCK WHEN HE FELL HITTING HIS KNEES, NOTE THIS WAS BEGINNING OF SHIFT, HE WORKED FULL 10 HR SHIFT PLUS TWO HOURS OVERTIME, NEVER REPORTED INCIDEN T TO SUPERVISOR, GATHERED INFO FROM WITNESS.

August 23, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
New Ridge Coal Company, Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS TRAMMING FROM RECLAMATION SITE OF WORK ON ANOTHER COMPANY PERMIT WHEN HE TURNED ABRUPTLY AND LOST CONTROL. WENT INTO CREEK, BUMPING HIS HEAD CAUSING A BUMP ON HIS HEAD.

August 23, 2001 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS GETTING READY TO MOUNT DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON PUSH ARM. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND HE FELL ACROSS TILT JACK.

August 14, 2001 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRILLING WITH HIGH WALL DRILL WHEN AIR HOSE BLOWED INTO ONE PART OF HOSE CAME THROUGH WINDOW STRIKING HIM.

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