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November 18, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES HE WAS CLEANING COAL-BACKED INTO HOLE. BOUNCED & JARRED HIM AROUND. HURTING HIS BACK.

October 9, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP LOAD. RIGHT REAR DROPPED OFF EMBANKMENT. TRUCK TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.

August 21, 1996 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON DRILL. SAW A SPROCKET SEGMENT THAT HAD FALLEN OFF A D-11 DOZER. STOPPED AND PICKED IT UP. HURT LOWER BACK. PINCHED NERVE, POSSIBLE RUPTURED DISC.

June 25, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD CLIMBED IN SCRAPER TO START FRONT ENGINE. HE WAS CLIMBING OUT TO START REAR ENGINE. DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS HAND.

June 8, 1996 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Progressive Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER. JUMPED OFF OF PUSH ARM OF DOZER. SHIFT WAS OVER.

May 8, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

LARGE ROCK STICKING OUT OF PAD. OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DIG OUT OF PAD. BUCKER SLID ON TOP OF ROCK, OPERATOR PUT HOIST LEVER IN FLOAT. MACHINE JARRED AND JARRED OPERATORS HEAD.

March 8, 1996 KY · Coal ELECTRICAL
Mesa Coals Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED FIRE TO BUILDING NEXT TO SCALE HOUSE - OFFICE.

July 21, 1995 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

475 KOMATSU DOZER PUSHING OUT OF SHOT & 3-4FT ROCK ROLLED OFF SIDE OF DOZER BLADE ROCK FELL APPROXIMATELY 10FT FRAM WHERE DOZER WAS WORKING & HIT THE BUCKET ON 992(#203) LOADING KOMATSU END DU

October 28, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Mesa Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELLY PAN ON 992-CAT ENLOADER. AS THE PEN CAMEDOWN IN SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGE RBETWEEN THE AIR INPACT WRENCH & THE GROUND.

May 24, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Progressive Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE POPPED SHOULDER WHILE OPERATING D-10 DOZER. HE SUFFERED A PULLED MUSCLE.

May 6, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPING MECHANIC INSTALL ROLLER ON D-10 DOZER. HE DROPPED A ROLELR ON RIGHT FOOT.

April 29, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BUCKET TOOTH ON LOADER HE STRUCK THE TOOTH WITH HAMMER CAUSING PIECE OF TOOTH TO CHIP OFF & GO INTO ARM

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