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July 9, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS (A4ARD LETTER DATED JULY 9,1987).

June 18, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OCCUPATIONAL DI8EASE HEARING LOSS

June 18, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OCCUPATIONAL DI8EASE HEARING LOSS

June 12, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS.

June 9, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS AW5RD LETTER DATED 6-9-87.

June 8, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

ROCK TRUCK WAS 6EING LOADED UNDER THE SHOVEL WHEN A BUCKET LOAD OF MATERIAL FELL HARD INTO THE TRUCK BED JARRING THE EMPLOYEE.

June 4, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL W2ILE MOUNTING DOZER INJURING HIS RIGHT HAND.

June 1, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS.

June 1, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS.

May 27, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMP STATED WHIL9 DRAGGING WET HOLE POWDER BAGS ON A SHOT AREA, HE STRAINED HIS BACK

May 22, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

OCCUPATONAL DIS9ASE HEARING LOSS.

May 5, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

A LARGE ROCK FE5L ONTO THE LOADER BUCKET. CAUSING THE LOADER TO JAR INJURING EMPLOYEES NECK

April 27, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN6EUMOCONIOSIS. (AWARD LETTER DATED AUGUST 27, 1987).

April 13, 1987 WV · Coal drill helper DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS, AWARD LETTER DATED 4-13-87

April 10, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amherst Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS GETTING3OFF COAL TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. SOME SWELLING AND PAIN.

April 4, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS AW5RD LETTER DATED 10 23 87

March 28, 1987 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Amherst Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING O3 DUMP LEVER, EMP STRAINED HIS LEFT HSOULDER

March 24, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BE3DING ROOF-BOLT ON FRAME OF PINNER WHEN BOLT SLIPPED-HURTING LOWER BACK & NECK

March 13, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS REMOVIN1 A BIT FROM A DRILL WITH A SCREWDRIVER WHEN A PIECE OF THE SCREWDRIVER BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO EMPLOYEES EYE

March 11, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS.

March 11, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS.

February 20, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HAULING C2AL-FINES UP ASCENDING GRADE IN COAL TRUCK,EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SHIFT FROM 4TH TO 1ST GEAR.THE TRUCK (OUT OF GEAR) WENT BACKWARDS INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH.

February 17, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS AWARD LETTER DATED 4-25-88.

January 27, 1987 WV · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS-56.84%.

January 17, 1987 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A 7X9 HEADER U

January 15, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP LOST HIS FO2TING & FELL FROM AN END-LOADER LADDER WHILE DISMOUNTING

January 14, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amherst Coal Company · Fall from machine

WORKING ON A RO7K TRUCK - LADDER BROKE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND

January 6, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIN MACHINE CAB5E JERKED OUT OF CABLE HANGER AND STRUCK EMPL ACROSS FOREHEAD.

December 3, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS AWARD LETTER

November 21, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS PREPARI3G TO DISMOUNT SHOVEL WHEN LADDER CAME DOWN ALL AT ONCE AND STRUCK HIS RT HAND

November 20, 1986 WV · Coal scalper-screen operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS (AWARD LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1986)

November 17, 1986 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS DI8ABILITY (THIS BEING SUBMITTED DUE TO LETTER FROM J.M. KRESE, DATED 10-24-86)

October 22, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEEL RAIL TURN9D ON RAIL CAR AND BUMPED EMPL RIGHT KNEE.

September 22, 1986 WV · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE LIFTED AN EMPTY 55 GALLON GARBAGE BARRELL FROM AN ENDLOADER BUCKET.

September 15, 1986 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS DI8ABILITY (AWARD LETGTER DATED 012087)

September 9, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL THROWN OFF3FEET WHEN STRUCK BY PIN CABLE WHICH WAS BEING TAKEN UP.

August 25, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Amherst Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF COAL3FROM MINER BOOM GLANCED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT EYE.

August 23, 1986 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Amherst Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS D3SABILITY (AWARD LETTER JANUARY 29,1987.)

August 19, 1986 WV · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Amherst Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE USING ECE7RICAL DETONATORS CREW WAS LOADING ANFO. AN ELECTRICAL STORM MOVED INTO THE AREA. THE BLASTING AREA WAS EVACUATED & BARRICADED. SEVERAL HOURS LATER LIGHTENING STRUCK THE SHOT AR EA & DETONATED 7HE ENTIRE SHOT.

August 10, 1986 WV · Coal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amherst Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

SLEDGE HAMMER H9AD CAME OFF CAUSING EMP HANDS TO HIT FRONT IDLER HUB ON THE BE SHOVEL LACERATING HIS RT THUMB

August 6, 1986 WV · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Amherst Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE USING ELE7TRICAL DETONATORS BLASTING CREW WAS LOADING & WIRING 52,000# OF ANFO EXPLOSIVES. AN ELECTRICAL STORM APPROACHED VERY QUICKLY. THE AREA WAS EVACUATED & BARRICADED. MINUTES LAT ER A SINGLE BOL7 OF LIGHTENING STRUCK THE IMMDEN%@*%@*%@%* AREA & DENOATED THE ENTIRE SHOT.

July 19, 1986 WV · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Amherst Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS.

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