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October 10, 2003 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Access Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS EXITING A CAT. HAULER & AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE STEPS HE MISSED THE LAST STEP.AS HE WAS FALLING HE TRIED TO TURN TO KEEP FROM FALLING ON HIS BACK AND IN DOING SO HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

June 2, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Access Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING A ROD AGAINST A PIN WHEN ANOTHER EE HIT THE ROD THE HAMMER GLANCED AND HIT THE FIRST EE ON THE TOP OF THE LEFT HAND. EE'S WERE WORKING ON THE ROLLER FRAME OF A CAT. DOZER.

August 2, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Access Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A MUFFLER OUT ON A 988 CATAPILLAR LOADER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 8 TO 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.

July 22, 2002 VA · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Access Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD HOLES WITH BULK POWDER. THE LAST HOLE HAD BEEN LOADED AND HE WAS EMPTYING THE CHUTE. HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE AUGER INSIDE OF THE CHUTE AS HE WAS EMPTYING IT. AMPUTATION, CUT BOTH INDEX AND MIDLE FINGERS AT MIDDLE JOINTS.

January 11, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Access Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD ENTERED HIS HAULER AND STARTED THE ENGINE AND AS HE WAS EXITING THE HAULER HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET TO THE GROUND. APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAD MELTED THE DAY BEFORE AND SOME RIAN HAD FALLEN THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE GROUNDS WERE VERY MUDDY AND SLIPPERY. THIS CONDITION CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

November 17, 2001 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Access Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A 777 CAT HAULER W/A 988B LOADER. HE HAD A LARGE ROCK IN THE LOADER BUCKETAND HE DROPPED THE LOADER BUCKET TOO FAST AND HIT THE HAULER BED. THIS FALL CAUSED A JARRING AFFECT THAT INJURED HIS NECK.

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