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November 14, 1985 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP AND THE BERM & OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE DUMP KICKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM

November 12, 1985 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL HITTING THE GROUND CAUSING MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO HIS BACK ARMS AND RIB AREA

October 18, 1985 AL · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL DROPPED CO5E BOTTLE ON GROUND AND BOTTLE BURST CAUSING PIECE OF GLASS TO FLY UP AND HIT EMPL FOREHEAD.

September 4, 1985 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL GETTING OUT OF POWDER TRUCK,FOOT SLIPPED ON STEP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

August 2, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF PUSH ARM OF DOZER AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

June 20, 1985 AL · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

ACCIDENT INVOLVED A 1985 FOR D F150 PICKUP AND A 1984 TANDUM DUMP TRUCK. PICKUP WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AND THE DUMP TRUCK WAS TRAVELING NORTH. THE VEHICLES MET ON A CURVE. THE VEHICLES GOT TOGHER THER ON DRIVER\S SIDE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH. THE PICKUP DRIVER\S INJURIES WERE MINOR. THE DUMP TRUCK DRIVER HAD NO INJURIES.

April 26, 1985 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BOX OF BOOSTERS ON THE TRUCK BED AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

April 4, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING HIS DOZER WHEN THE HOSE TWISTED HIS LEFT WRIST

September 28, 1984 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOST HE SLIPPED IN LOOSE GRAVEL AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE

June 2, 1984 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE HOIST CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE BROKE. THE BROKEN CABLE HIT OPERATOR\S CAB KNOCKING OUT GLASS IN WINDSHIELD AND CAUSING INJURY TO EMPLOYEE.

April 30, 1984 AL · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GOUGE TO ARC OUT A CRACK WHEN THE WIND BLEW SOME METAL IN HIS EYE

April 6, 1984 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS TRUCK ND FELL FROM THE FENDER OF THE TRUCK TO THE GROUND

October 14, 1983 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE WELDER REPAIR HOLE IN DUMP BIN

July 27, 1983 AL · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A DRILL STEEL FROM ANOTHER STEEL USING BREAKER CABLE THE BREAKER CABLE WAS IN PLACE AND AS PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TH E CABLE AND THE DRILL STEEL

July 25, 1983 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A HILL ON THE HAULROAD WHEN THE TRUCK LEFT THE ROAD, RAN INTO A DITCH AND OVERTURNED.

May 23, 1983 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMP WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON POWDER TRUCK LADDER BROKE CAUSING EMP TO FALL AND LADDER FELL ON H IS FOOT

February 28, 1983 AL · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LADDER AND RUNNING CONDUIT PIPE WHEN HE SLIPPED TO AVOID FALLING HE GRABBED ANOTHER PIECE OF CONDUIT THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSTALLED EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN H IS LOWER ABDOMEN

February 28, 1983 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING HOSE FROM SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON HOSE REEL LACERATING HIS HEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.

February 3, 1983 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING DOZER AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON DOZER INJURING HIS LEFT LEG. (BRUISE)

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