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June 26, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck by falling object

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A JACKLEG DRILL, THE DRILL FELL AND CUT EE ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

June 12, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AIR HOSE FROM DRILL CAME LOOSE HITTING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT EYE.

February 28, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler

THIS FORM IS BEING SUBMITTED SOLEY TO ABATE A CITATION. WE HAD NEITHER NOTIFICATION OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO EE'S INJURY. THEREFORE WE ADMIT NO LIABILITY OR VIOLATION AT THIS TIME.

February 19, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING TOP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE. A PIECE OF SHALE FELL IN FRONT OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHEN SHALE FELL, EE MOVED BACK AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE. EE WAS NOT HIT BY PIECE OF S HALE.

February 4, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING STEEL SETS AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.

January 27, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck by falling object

WHILE ROOF BOLTING, A ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EE ON RIGHT CHEEK.

December 5, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PULLING THE SCREED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CONCRETE POUR AND WAS LACERATED IN THE FINGER BYA BURR ON THE TUGGER CABLE.

November 30, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WHILE MARKING THE FACE OF THE SLOPE, THE MUCKER RAN OUT OF FUEL AND STALLED. THE MUCKER ROLLED &HIT THE FACE, THROWING EE AGAINST THE FACE.

November 30, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WHILE MARKING THE FACE OF THE SLOPE, THE MUCKER RAN OUT OF FUEL AND STALLED. THE MUCKER ROLLED &HIT FACE, THROWING EE OUT OF BUCKET.

November 30, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WHILE MARKING THE FACE OF THE SLOPE, THE MUCKER RAN OUT OF FUEL AND STALLED. THE MUCKER ROLLED &HIT THE FACE, THROWING EE AGAINST THE FACE.

November 21, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

WHILE INSTALLING STEEL LAGGING, THERE WAS AN UNOPENED BUNDLE OF LAGGING ON THE BASKET. WHEN THE BUCKET WAS SET DOWN, THE BUNDLE SLID FORWARD LACERATING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT.

October 2, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE END OF A DOUBLE JACK HANDLE AND A GUARD RAIL.

June 4, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THE LEAD LINE WITH A CARPENTER'S KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

November 29, 2000 CO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SETTING FROZEN PIPE IN PLACE WHEN ICE BROKE FREE & HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LEG.

January 11, 2000 CO · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BLOWING OUT A 2" BULL HOSE. A LARGE PIECE OF ICE CAME OUT OF THE HOSE AND BROKE INTO SMALLER PIECES. ONE SMALLER ICE PIECE HIT EE ON LEFT CHEEK.

May 17, 1999 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE EACH HOLDING OPPOSITE ENDS OF A REBAR MAT. THEY WENT TO SHAKE THE REBAR MAT AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE MAT HITTING HIM IN THE FACE UNDER THE RIGHT EYE.

May 7, 1999 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING HIS DRILL FROM HOLE TO HOLE AND PASSED THE LOWER END OF THE DRILL SLIDE OVER HIS FOOT, AT THE SAME TIME THE OPPOSITE DRILLER JACKED HIS DRILL DOWN, CAUSING THE SLIDE TO CO ME DOWN ON THE RIGHT FOOT OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE.

January 5, 1999 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING TOPLANDER TAKING QUICK BEAMS OUT OF BUCKET, QUICK BEAM WAS NOT TIGHTENED DOWN, IT SLID CATCHING HIS HAND.

January 2, 1999 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CREW WAS LOWERING THE 913 LOADER AND THE EE WAS ON THE WORK DECK AND SMASHED HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEN THE WORK DECK AND THE WALL. Y

November 11, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall from machine

EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIALS WHILE GETTING INTO THE MUCK BUCKET. HE FELL AND JAMMED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

November 3, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE THE EE WAS CLEANING ROCK AND WOOD FROM UNDERNEATH THE CURBING, A ROCK FELL AND HIT CURB RING PUSHING THE CURB INTO HIS HEAD. (EE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT AT THE TIME.)

October 13, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE ROCK OFF THE SHAFT WALL WITH A 630 MUCKER. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE DIPPER AND A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT RIB AREA.

September 29, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EE WAS DRILLING HOLES FOR SPLIT SETS FOR PANNING SUPPORT. THIS EE WAS TRYING TO HELP DRILLER, HIS LEG SLIPPED CATCHING HIS HAND.

September 18, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS POURING CONCRETE AND PUT HIS FOOT ON THE HANDLE OF THE CONCRETE BUCKET & THEN REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE HANDLE AND THE HANDLE HIT HISS RIGHT EAR.

September 16, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS INSTALLING PANNING WITH SCREW GUN UNDER FAN LINE. THE HIGH VELOCITY AIR BLEW SHAVINGS ALL AROUND. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

September 15, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRIPPING BULKHEADS, WHEN THE BOARD HE WAS REACHING FOR LET GO AND A NAIL WENT INTO HIS THUMB.

September 10, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by falling object

BLOWING THE BOTTOM OF SHAFT PRIOR TO DEEPENING THE SHAFT AND A ROCK CAME OFF THE RIB

September 4, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS RIGGING FORM JACKS AND TRIPPED AND FELL OVER POUR CHUTE AND HIT HIS TAIL BONE. POUR CHUTE WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR OF THE WORKDECK.

September 1, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

2" BALL VALVE CAME APART RELEASING A 2" AIR HOSE THAT HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT THIGH.

July 15, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall from machine

EE FELL WHILE CLIMBING DRILL JUMBO. FELL ON LEFT LEG AND TOE. EE DID NOT USE SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN PLACE AND PROVIDED.

July 15, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING RIGHT SIDE FORK ON FORKLIFT, HAD LEFT HAND BEHIND FORK & SLIPPED OR LET GOT OF FORK WITH RIGHT HAND, FORK PINCHED LEFT HAND. EE DROVE HIMSELF TO CLINIC.

June 30, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN WINCH AND HIS RT GREAT TOE WAS PULLED AS THE WORK DECK WINCH WAS CABLING UP.

June 13, 1998 CO · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE CREW WAS MOVING THE SHAFT FORMS AND EE NOTICED SOMETHING ON THE WALL THAT DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION AS HE WAS WALKING ON THE WORKDECK. EE THEN STEPPED THROUGH THE DOOR TO THE LOWER DECK WHI ICH WAS OPEN AT THE TIME.

June 2, 1998 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS REMOVING ANGLE CHIPS FROM COLLAR STEEL AT THE ONTAKE SHAFT WITH A CUTTING TORCH WHEN SOME HOT SLAG POPPED INTO HIS LEFT EAR.

April 14, 1998 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PREPPING WELD ON PUMP TO PUT IN THE INTAKE SHAFT WHEN HE CUT HIS SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

January 16, 1998 CO · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING AT WORKSITE AND SLIPPED ON SLICK ICY SURFACE.

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