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March 4, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT THE SEAT IN THE END DUMP HAD CAUSED A BACK INJURY.

November 27, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS OPERATING DOZER IN HOLLOW FILL. HE TOOK DOZER OUT OF GEAR TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS & SAID HE COULDN'T CHANGE GEARS. DOZER ROLLED BACK INTO BANK & EMPL RECEIVED BRUISE ON BACK AS RESULT OF IMPACT.

October 18, 1990 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Huscoal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING ON DOZER TURNED AROUND PINCHED NERVE

October 1, 1990 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Huscoal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SHOT THROUGH A HOSE.HE TURNED AROUND AND SAID HIS BACK POPPED AS HE TURNED.THIS HAPPENED ON 10-01-90.HE DID NOT NOTIFY HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF 10-04-90,AT WHICH TIME HE LEFT THE PROJECT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

August 9, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Huscoal Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS WORKING ON EQUIPMENT IN PARKING LOT OF OPERATION. EMPL BENT DOWN & WHEN HE GOT UP HE CUT BACK ON OPEN DOOR OF MECHANICS TRUCK.

June 9, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Huscoal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLING VERTICAL HOLE DRILL STEEL GOT STUCK EMP TRYING TO RELEASE THE DRILL STEEL STEEL RELEASE THE DRILL EMP SLIPPED FT CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILLL BIT AND TURN TABLE

February 3, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Huscoal Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING THE DOZER HE WAS OPERATING AT THE END OF THE WORK SHIFT UPON DISMOUNT HE FELL INTO A HOLE INJURING HIS BACK

July 12, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER.HE WAS WORKING UPWARDS ON A SLOPE.EMPLOYEE SHIFTED DOZER TO COME BACK DOWN SLOPE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE DOZER.

June 19, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Huscoal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STOPPED OPERATING HIS LOADER TO CLEAN HIS WINSHIELD. WHILE CLEANING THE WINSHIELD, HE FELL OFF THE LOADER TO THE GROUND.

April 6, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Huscoal Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL OPERATING DOZER.SMALL ROCK CAME OVER HOOD OF DOZER AND HIT EMPL IN CHEST WHILE CLEANING WALL.

October 6, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Huscoal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF A D355A DOZER (#1018) WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK AND HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT, TURNING HIS ANKLE.

November 20, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Huscoal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE VICTIM WAS 3N THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING OFF THE LEFT SIDE C-FRAME OF A PARKED DOZER. AT THE SAME TIME, I NAME , DOZER OPERATOR, WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE DOZER. THE VICTIM WAS STANDING ON THE LE FT SIDE TRACKS 4HENT HE DOZER TRAVELED BACKWARD RESULTING IN THE VICTIM BEING THROWN OFF AND RUN OVER. THE DOZER TRAVELED BACKWARD FOR A DISTANCE OF 150 FT AT WHICH TIME IT STALLED ON A SLIDE

March 19, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS DUMPING LOAD & HAD COMPLETED DUMPING WHEN HOLLOW FILL BROKE OFF OVERTURNING TRUCK.

August 9, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A BM600 MAC TRUCK LOADED WITH APPROX 25 TONS OF COAL WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK TRUCK TRAVELED OVER AN EMBANKMENT CRUSHING THE VICTIM THER WERE NO EYEWITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL 08 10 84 AT 700 AM AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE OF ACCIDNET CANNOT BE DETERMINED

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