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September 18, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Amber Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROCK FALL OUTBY ACTIVE SECTION ON AN OFF SHIFT (ON SUNDAY) IN #5 AND #7 ENTRIES IN AN AREA WHERE BAD TOP WAS OBSERVED. THIS AREA HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF.

June 10, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WHEN A ROCK CAME INSIDE THE CANOPY OVER THE CONTROLS.

March 21, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amber Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING ACROSS SECTION STEPPED IN A HOLE

March 3, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WASL AYING BLOCK, ANOTHE REMP WAS REACHING HIM A BLOCK WHEN IT BROKE AND FELL ON HIS FOOT

February 9, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS STRU7K BY BOOM OF CONTINUOUS MINER MACHINE MACHINE WAS BACKING UP AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

February 8, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS SITT3NG IN OPERATOR COMPARTMENT OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN CONTINOUS MINER WAS LOADING SHUTTLE CAR. PIECE OF ROCK WAS LOADED FROM MINER BOOM AND STRUCK VICTIM ON LEFT EAR.

November 27, 1987 KY · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RAN OVER ROCK I3 ROADWAY WITH SCOOP AND JOLTED BACK.

November 11, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

NO WITNESS. VIC7IM HAD TRAMMED ROOF BOLTER TO #2 HEADING WAS FOUND BY MACHINE AFTER BEING HIT BY ROOF FALL

November 1, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

USING CUTTING T2RCH REMOVING CAP WIRES FROM PADDLE OF PADDLE WHEEL WASHER.TORCH CAME IN CONTACT WITH LIVE CAP WHICH EXPLODED.

October 26, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING ROOF BOLTER WHEN SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEFT HAND

August 18, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS TRAM4ING SCOOP AT SURFACE LOCATION WHEN STRUCK BY TIRE OF FRONT END LOADER WHICH EAS TRAMMING IN REVERSE VICTIM RECEIVED PRACTURE RIB WHEN STRUCK IN BACK BY FRONT END LOADER TIRE.

August 15, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

USING CUTTING T2RCH SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN EYE.

August 7, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF BOLTER OPE9ATOR WAS BOLTING TOP IN TRACK ENTRY WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING LEFT FOOT.2 FRACTURED TOES AND LACERATION ON IT FOOT.

July 15, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amber Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

VICTIM SLIPPED 2N CATWALK AT WASH PLANT AND FELL ON CATWALK.

May 2, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Amber Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

2ND & 3RD RIGHT8 WERE BEING PILLARED WHEN A MASSIVE PILLAR FALL OCCURRED. WE HAVE RETREATED FROM THE AREA AND NEW PROJECTIONS SUBMITTED TO MSHA . RECOVERY WORK OF EQUIP. WAS PERFORMED IN THI . S AREA. EQUIP R9COVERED - LEE NORSE 300 CM, 2-JOY 21SC'S, 1 JOY 16 SC, 1-ROSCO II BELT FEEDER BY LONG AIRDOX

March 31, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

VICTIM WAS STAN8ING BEHIND ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. AS IT AS TRAMMED BACKWARD THE BUMPER OF THE ROOF BOLTER STRUCK LEFT FOOT OF VICTIM.

March 30, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM WAS CROS8ING CONVEYOR BELT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. HE STEPPED ON THE BELT AND WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND. HE STRUCK HIS FOOT AS HE FELL ON THE ANCHOR PIN

March 27, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

VICTIM WAS PULL3NG A POWER BOX WITH A SCOOP, THE TWO WERE CONNECTED BY A PULL ROPE. WHEN THE POWER BOX BECAME FOULED AGAINST THE RIB THE BOLT CONNECTING THE PULL CABLE TO THE POWER BOX CAME L LOOSE STRIKING 5ICTIM. THE VICTIM WAS TRAMMING THE SCOOP AT TIME OF ACIDENT

March 4, 1987 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CARRYING 235-GAL CANS OF HYDRAULIC OIL COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.

February 5, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amber Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM WAS ATTE4PTING TO LIFT BUG DUSTER TRANSMISSION ONTO CUTTING MACHINE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.

September 9, 1985 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING LOADING MACHINE IN REVERSE. THE TRAM MOTOR AND GEAR CASE OF LOADING MACHINE BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HAND. EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON CANOPY POST OF LOADING MACHINE.

September 5, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR - HE HAD GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR AND ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LOADER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HAND

April 19, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Amber Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

WORKING ON BUGGY FLIGHT SOMEHOW BUGGY WENT TO GROUND CAUSING ELECTRIC SHOCK.

April 2, 1985 KY · Coal loader head operator, roscoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amber Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PLAYING WITH CAN OF SPRAY PAINT & SPRAYED IN EYES.

December 3, 1984 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE SETTING DRINKING WATER OFF ROOFBOLTER-BOLT OPERATOR BACKED ROOFBOLTER I.NAME FOOT-MASH OF LEFT FOOT

September 7, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING ON FOOT-BRUSE

June 7, 1984 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Amber Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

DURING SHIFT CHANGE A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE ENTRY AND INTERSECTION BLOCKING THE CUTTING MACHINE IN THE FACE AREA NO EMP WERE INVOLVED IN THE FALL FALL WAS REPORTED TO REX MUSIC SUPERVISO AT THE PRESTONBURG FIELD OFFICE OF MSHA

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