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January 26, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Ridge Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHAINED SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS PUTTING TRACK ON D9L DOZER. MASHING HIS RIGHT THUMB.

January 6, 1993 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Ridge Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS OBSERVING COAL LOADER, STEPPED TO GO INTO PIT, LOST FOOTING, STRUCK ROCK WITH LEFT KNEE, CUTTING TO BONE AT JOINT.

January 4, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Ridge Coal Corp · Fall from machine

WHILE GREASING BOOM ARMS OF 475C MICHIGAN LOADER, HE LOST FOOTING (WET AND MUDDY CONDITIONS) FALLING AGAINST MACHINE SEVERAL PLACES, PRIOR TO HITTING GROUND, CAUSING BRUISES AND SORENESS.

December 21, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Ridge Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS THE OPERATOR OF THE 992 C CAT ENDLOADER WHICH WAS BRING WORKED ON BY A MECHAINC EE REPORTED HE WAS STANDING ON THE TIRE AND FELL AND HIT THE LOADER BUCKET INJURED HIS BACK HE DID NOT RE PORT ANY INJURY TO HIS FOREMAN. HE WORKED THIS REST OF SHIFT THIS DAY AND 10 HRS SHIFT FOR EACH FOLLOWING 2 DAYS.

September 8, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS CHECKING HIS LOADER PREPARING FOR WORK AN DHE RAISED A DOOR TO CHECK THE OIL AND WHEN HE SHUT THE DOOR BACK HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN THE HANDLE CUTTING IT INTO AT THE FRIST JOINT.

June 5, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE HA DJUST PULLED A BIG ROCK AWAY FROM THE HIGHWALL WITH HIS DOZER AND WENT BACK FOR ANTOHER BLADE FULL. WHEN HE MOVED THE DOZER INTO THE HOLE THE ROCK HAD LEFT THE DOZER JOLTED AND JARRED C AUSING HIM PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK.

March 18, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS COMING IN ON HAUL ROAD WITH PARTS & CAME UPON A ROCK BLOCKING THE ROAD. GOT OUT & MOVED THE ROCK ABOUT 6" SO HE COULD GET BY & WHEN HE GOT BACK INTO THE TRUCK FELL PAIN IN LOWER BACK, DOWN LEFT ELG INTO HIS FOOT.

March 12, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRAMMING DOZER, JARRING MOTION STRAINED BACK

January 20, 1992 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAD BEEN FUELING A LOADER & AS HE WAS CLIMBING OFF ON LAST STEP DOWN SLEEVE OF HIS COVERALLS CAUGHT ON BATTERY BOX & HIS WEIGHT WAS PULLING ON HIS ARM WHEN HE GOT TO THE GROUND

April 11, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS BACKING LOADED ROCK TRUCK UP RAMP TO DUMP BACKED REAR WHEEL OVER TO SIDE OFF ROADWAY TRUCK DROPPED DOWN & FLIPPED OVER THROWING HIMM OUT THE DOOR TO THE GROUND INJURIES INCLUDED SMALL CUT TO FOREHEAD & BRUISES NO BROKEN BONES

March 18, 1991 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SERVICING DOZER & AS CLIMBING DOWN STEPPED ON PUSH ARM THEN STEPPED BACK UP ON DOZER & FOOT SLIPPED. TRIED REACHING TO CATCH HIMSELF WHEN FELT PAIN IN BACK.

January 5, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS WORKING ON DOZER & AS HE STARTED TO GET DOWN GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON RIPPER WHILE TRYING TO FREE HIS FOOT HS SLIPPED & FELL BETWEEN RIPPER

December 29, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME INSTALLING A CENTER PIN ON A LOADER ALL DAY.HAD BEEN USING SHOULDER DURING INSTALLATION.TOWARD THE END OF INSTALLATION,FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.THIS WAS INITIALLY HANDLED AS A FIRST AID CLAIM ONLY.

November 2, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

HAD BEEN SERVICING A DOZER AND AS HE CLIMBED DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

October 17, 1990 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING A HOSE WHEN ONE OF THE WRENCHES SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

October 15, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 10-15-90 SAID WAS WALKING ACROSS PACKING LOT WHEN STEPPED IN HOLE MECHAINCS HAD DRILLED WHEN TESTING AND WORKING ON DRILL ON 10-17-90 HIS LEG STARTING GIVING HIM TROUBLE SO HE WENT TO THE D R WAS TOLD HE HAD BRUISED THE BONE IN HIS LEG RECOMMENDED HE STAY OFF THE LEG FOR COUPLE OF DAYS.

October 1, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING DOZER HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT HIP. PAIN DID NOT BOTHER HIM MUCH BUT ON 10/5 REPORTED TO FOREMAN PAIN WAS WORSE & HE WAS GOING TO DR ON MONDAY 10/8.

September 27, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS WORKING REMOVING DRIVE LINE ON LOADER WHEN DRIVE LINE CAME LOOSE HITTING HIS RT SHOULDER & KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND

August 3, 1990 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 08-03-90 I NAME WAS GREASING DOZER & AS HE GOT OFF OF DOZER SAID FELT LIKE KNEE TWISTED & MAYBE PULLED MUSCLE IN KNEE DID NOT GO TO DOC TILL 08-13-90 BECAUSE IT DIDNT BOTHER HIM TOO MUCH UN TIL THEN

July 27, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS WORKING AT HIGHWALL, HAD LOADER BUCKET RAISED AND FILLED WHEN HIGHWALL BROKE LOOSE AND OVERFILLED BUCKET CAUSING ROCKS AND DIRT TO COME INSIDE LOADER ON HIM.

July 23, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS OPERATING DOZER & AS BACKING UP RAN OVER ROCK CASUIGN DOZER TO JOLT & JAR HIM & HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

June 29, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN FELT SEVERE PAIN IN BACK.

June 12, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS OPERATING GRADER, OPENED DOOR, DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON THUMB.

June 11, 1990 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS WELDING OVERHEAD ON DOZER FRAME WHEN PIECE OF HOT METAL OR SPARK WENT IN EAR.

May 10, 1990 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF ROCK TRUCK HE WAS WORKING ON AND AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HIS ANKLE CRILLED AND CRACKED THE BONE.

May 9, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS WALKING AROUND THE SIDE OF HIS DOZER WHEN A SNAKE BIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.

March 19, 1990 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAMING 45 DRILL WHEN PONTOON CAME OFF AS HE WAS ROLLING IT OUT OF ROAD IT ROLLED AGAINST A ROCK CATCHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING HIS FINGER.

February 24, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PRIMING HOLES FOR BLASTIN,G WHEN APPARENTLY A PRIMER AND BLASTING CAP WENT OFF IN HIS HAND. IT SEVERED HIS RIGHT HAND AND DAMAGED 3 FINGERS OF L. HAND ADN OPENED HIS BOWEL.

February 13, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING HIS DOZER, HE EXPERENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

December 15, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE USING HYDRQAULIC PRESS TO PUT PIN IN 375 DOZER LINE BROKE AND HYDRAULIC ON SHOT IN HIS LEFT HAND.

December 13, 1989 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING MOTOR GRADER UPHILL AND THE MOTOR DIED THE BRAKES FAILED IT ROLLED BACKWARDS AND HIT ROCK WALL BOUNCING HIM INSIDE THE CAB CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD TO RIGHT EYE.SORE ARM AND NECK.

November 6, 1989 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE PUTTING WATER INN992 C LOADER AS HE WAS STANDING ON GREASE TRUCK HE FELL OFF HITTING THE COUNTERWEIGHT ON LOADER WITH RIGHT CHEST AND FELL BACK ON GROUND.

October 11, 1989 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS HELPING LIFT A STEERING JACK ON A L320 LOADER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

September 4, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN AFTER LIFTING ONE CASE OF PRIMER BUT ON FIRDAY HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO QUIT WORK AND SEE A DOCTOR.

August 31, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS AT BUCCANEER COAL WORKING ON D475 KOMATSU TRACTOR. HE STEPPED DOWN OFF TRACKS WHICH IS APPROX 3 FEET FROM GROUND SPRAINING RIGHT FOOT.

August 15, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS A PASSENGER OF PICKUP T RUCK ON MISSION TO GET A GREASE TRUCK TRAVELING ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY THE TRUCK WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY AN OUT OF CONTROL OTHER CAR CAUSING I NAME TO BE FLUNG FORWARD INTO THE DASHBOARD & WINDSHIELD LEFT HAND & ARM SEVERLY BRUISED GLASS IN FOREHEAD CUT L EYEBROW NUMBEROUS ABRASIONS BRUISES & LEFT LEG CUT

August 15, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Buccaneer Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS THE DRIVER OF HIS PERSONAL PICK-UP TRUCK ON MISSION TO GET A GREASE TRUCK FOR THE COMPANY WHEN HIS TRUCK WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY AN OUT OF CONTROL OTHER CAR, CAUSING HIM TO BE FLUNG FORWA RD INTO DASH. ALTHOUGH WEARING SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER STRAP, HE SUSTAINED A BROKE BREAST BONE AND RIGHT KNEE BROKE.

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